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Quetta ATC declares 12 Baloch activists "proclaimed offenders" as crackdow
Updated : 4 days, 20 hours ago IST
An Anti-Terrorism Court in Quetta has declared 12 Baloch activists, including Sabiha Baloch, as proclaimed offenders. Charged under strict anti-terror laws, activists argue these legal actions are a systemic attempt by Pakistan to intimidate and silence voices protesting human rights violati
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Baloch Voice for Justice alleges suppression of BYC families' press meet,
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
As mentioned by Baloch Voice for Justice on X, families of detained leaders of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee attempted to hold a press briefing at the Quetta Press Club to challenge the continued detention of their relatives and a recent High Court ruling that denied bail after what they des
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Pakistan: Families of detained BYC leaders barred from press conference am
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
In a move that has sparked criticism from activists and legal circles, police in Quetta reportedly prevented families of detained leaders of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee from addressing the media at the Quetta Press Club. Relatives of the detainees, including the sister of Mahrang Baloch, w
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Women block Quetta-Karachi highway over delay in CM's Ramazan ration packa
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
As per TET, the demonstrators , many of whom depend on government assistance to feed their families during the holy month of Ramazan, accused provincial authorities of failing to distribute the Chief Minister's announced Ramazan ration package. The women alleged that despite making repeated
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Armed attacks, highway blockades reported in Balochistan's Surab and Kech;
Updated : 2 weeks ago IST
According to the reports, unidentified gunmen set up a blockade on the Karachi-Quetta N-25 National Highway in Surab. When a police convoy reached the location, it allegedly came under fire, resulting in a clash. During the exchange, an armoured police vehicle was said to have been destroyed
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Prolonged curfew in Balochistan sparks allegations of coercion and civilia
Updated : 2 weeks, 5 days ago IST
In one instance, a pregnant woman in critical condition was reportedly denied timely access to medical treatment due to movement restrictions.
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Pakistan: Baloch youth reportedly vanish in security operations
Updated : 3 weeks ago IST
A wave of alleged enforced disappearances involving Baloch youth has surfaced, with at least nineteen individuals reportedly taken into custody across Karachi, Quetta and Gwadar, according to families and activists, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
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Pakistan: Flour prices skyrocket in Quetta, residents demand relief
Updated : 3 weeks, 4 days ago IST
Flour rates in Quetta continue to defy expectations of a slowdown, piling fresh misery onto households already buckling under record inflation. Surveys show that the commodity, central to nearly every meal, is steadily drifting further from the grasp of ordinary buyers. Traders in different
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84 Pak security personnel killed in Operation Herof: Baloch Liberation Arm
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
The Baloch Liberation Army said in a statement on Saturday that under the second phase of Operation Herof, it carried out coordinated attacks at 48 different locations across 14 cities in Balochistan, where strong control by BLA fighters has remained in place for the past ten hours.
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Armed clashes reported across Balochistan as BLA announces phase two of 'O
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
The outfit had earlier stated briefly that the new phase was being launched to "protect the motherland." Residents described the security environment as extremely tense in Quetta, Nushki, Kalat, Mastung, Dalbandin, Kharan, Gwadar, Pasni, Tump, Buleda and Dhadar, with reports of intense gunfi
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Fresh enforced disappearances reported across Balochistan, Karachi; famili
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Multiple fresh cases of enforced disappearances have been reported from Gwadar, Kharan, Quetta, Khuzdar, Turbat, Panjgur and Karachi, with families alleging that Pakistani security forces detained several young men during separate operations and shifted them to unknown locations, The Balochi
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Pakistani forces accused of abducting minor in Kech as enforced disappeara
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
A teenager has allegedly been taken away by Pakistani security personnel during a late-night operation in the Reko area of Buleda, Kech district, according to his family. The incident has drawn renewed attention to the issue of enforced disappearances in Balochistan, as Quetta continues to h
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