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Pakistan's Balochistan province faces food emergency for 500,000 people: U
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], July 28 (ANI): Pakistan's Balochistan province, battered by a harsh winter, a locust invasion, COVID-19, and drought-like conditions, faces a food emergency for about 500,000 people, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
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Pakistan: 2 injured in bomb explosion in Balochistan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 26 (ANI): At least two people were injured in a powerful bomb explosion that shattered the windowpanes of nearby buildings near a market in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Monday, a rescue official said.
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Taliban continue to roam freely in Pakistan, not possible without state's
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): The Taliban continue to roam freely in different parts of Pakistan including Quetta and that is not possible without the state's support, said a Pakistani lawmaker.
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At least 7 dead, 2 missing as heavy rain hits Pak's Balochistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Quetta [Pakistan] July 18 (ANI): At least seven people lost their lives while two children were reported missing after heavy rain wreaked destruction in Pakistan's Balochistan region.
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UN urged to protect Baloch refugees in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 15 (ANI): The United Nations should take immediate steps to protect and secure the lives and future of Baloch refugees in Afghanistan as the security situation in the war-torn country deteriorates, said Baloch National Movement said.
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Several trapped after explosion in Pakistan's Quetta coal mine
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] July 11 (ANI): Several laborers trapped and allegedly a few killed following an explosion that happened inside a coal mine in Pakistan's Balochistan province on Sunday.
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Pakistan: Balochistan's travails continue amid Islamabad's tall promise
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], July 8 (ANI): Despite recent overtures by the Pakistan government for holding dialogue with the Baloch people to resolve their problems, there remains widespread scepticism about the initiative.
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Photo exhibition outside UNHRC in Switzerland highlights human rights viol
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): A three-day-long photo and poster exhibition in front of the United Nations office in Geneva has highlighted the plight of indigenous Baloch people in Pakistan's largest and resource-rich province of Balochistan.
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International Torture Day and Balochistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], June 27 (ANI): International Torture Day is in support of victims of torture, where people around the globe express their solidarity and support with the hundreds and thousands of torture victims and their families throughout the world, who are also suffering in trauma.
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Ground water level in Pakistan's Balochistan drops to alarming levels
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], June 26 (ANI): Amid the ongoing water crisis in Pakistan, Balochistan Governor Amanullah Khan Yasinzai pointed out that the ground water level in Balochistan has dropped to alarming levels, especially in the provincial capital Quetta.
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Pakistan shuts down 8 Iran-sponsored schools in Balochistan capital
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 18 (ANI): Pakistan has shut down eight Iran-sponsored schools in Balochistan's capital Quetta, adding that these schools were unauthorised and teaching foreign curriculum.
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'Enforced disappearances' on the rise in Pakistan's Balochistan province
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], June 14 (ANI): The cases of "enforced disappearances" are rising in Pakistan's Balochistan as 16 people were reportedly "abducted" by the country's security forces in the month of June alone, said the Balochistan Post.
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