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Baloch Rights leader urges reopening of border crossings to safeguard jobs
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The leader of Haq Do Tehreek (HDT) Maulana Hidayatur Rehman, a political movement advocating for local autonomy and rights in Pakistan's Gwadar region, has urged the authorities to reopen all border crossings from Gwadar to Chaman
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Amnesty International condemns extrajudicial killings in Pakistan, urges r
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Amnesty International, an International human rights watchdog, has raised serious concerns about the ongoing extrajudicial killings of individuals accused of blasphemy in Pakistan, calling out the government for failing to protect basic human rights, including the right to life and freedom o
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Missing doctor's sister criticises Pakistan Government over surge in Baloc
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The sister of the missing Dr. Abdul Hai expressed deep concern, stating that her brother, a resident of Awaran Bedi and a doctor by profession, had forcibly disappeared on June 1, according to Balochwarna News. The report further mentions that he worked as an Operating Theatre Assistant at t
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Bugti's son claims US involvement in father's killing
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Baloch nationalist leader Akbar Khan Bugti was killed on August 26, 2006, during a Pakistani military operation aimed at suppressing the Baloch insurgency. His death occurred in the mountainous terrain of Balochistan, which was the centre of the military operations against his forces.
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Pakistan: Three dead, ten wounded in Quetta violence
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Quetta, Balochistan: A series of attacks resulted in three deaths and at least 10 injuries. The violence began with a deadly explosion in Liaquat Bazaar and continued with grenade attacks targeting a girls' high school and a shop selling Independence Day items. Additional incidents included
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Pak: Quetta police arrest peaceful protestors, demanding return of abducte
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The Quetta police have arrested several peaceful protestors demanding the return of Zaheer Ahmed Baloch, post the lathi charge incident held at the Saryab Road in Quetta, Balochistan.
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Pakistan: Protest for safe return of Baloch abduction victim amplifies in
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The victim's family demonstrated at the Sariab area of Quetta by blocking the road. However, the protest has now gained significant attention through the participation of several Baloch rights organisations.
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Pakistan: Baloch protest on Eid to highlight enforced disappearances
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Mama Qadir Baloch, a prominent figure in the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP), announced the protest in a video statement.
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Pakistan: Family members of forcibly disappeared Baloch students stage pro
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Family members of forcibly disappeared Baloch students Shayhaq and Farooq Dad staged a sit-in protest at the Commissioner House Quetta and urged people from all walks of life to join the struggle to reunite disappeared ones with their families, said the Baloch Yakjehti Committee.
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Long march in Pakistan for reopening of Iran border crossing amid severe s
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
Locals from the Mashkel area of Rakhshan in hundreds (near the Pakistan-Iran border) on Saturday launched a long march towards Quetta, Balochistan over the the closure of the Pak-Iran Maza Sar border crossing, calling it an essential element for their survival.
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Protesters begin long march from Mashkel to Quetta over Pak-Iran border cl
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
Reportedly, the long march was organized, after a sit-in of 30 consecutive days at Mashkel demanding the same was ignored by the Pakistani administration. Its closure has created a shortage of food items and other items of daily use. Besides, locals said the border trade was their livelih
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Pakistan: Balochistan University employees hold protest over non-payment o
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The teaching and non-teaching staff of Balochistan University held a march on different roads of Pakistan's Quetta and staged a sit-in to hold a protest over non-payment of their salary for the past four months.
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