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BLA releases first video footage of attack on convoy carrying Pakistani soldiers

Mar 16, 2025, at 08:53 pm

The Balochistan Liberation Army on Sunday released a video of the targeted attack on a convoy that was carrying  Pakistani soldiers, hours after the rebel group claimed 90 security personnel were killed in the incident.

Pakistan: Local JUI leader hurt in bomb blast during Friday prayer inside mosque

Mar 14, 2025, at 03:59 pm

A local Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI) leader and three others were injured after a bomb blast ripped through a mosque in Pakistan's  South Waziristan area on Friday during prayers.

Pakistani train hijack: Security forces rescue dozens of hostages, hundreds still in captivity

Mar 12, 2025, at 01:59 am

Pakistani troops freed dozens of train passengers taken hostage by Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) armed militants in the country's southwest on Tuesday.

180 passengers, mostly soldiers, held hostage as Baloch Liberation Army hijack train in Pakistan

Mar 11, 2025, at 11:59 pm

The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) which seeks independence for Balochistan from Pakistan in a statement claimed responsibility for taking control of a train and keeping over 180 passengers, most of them Pakistani soldiers, hostages.

BLA rebels 'hijack' passenger train carrying 500 passengers in Pakistan

Mar 11, 2025, at 05:18 pm

Members of the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), the group that wants Balochistan to be free from Pakistan, attacked the Jaffar Express in Mach area on Tuesday and claimed they have hijacked the train.

Pakistan 'scholar' behind Kulbhushan Jadhav's kidnapping shot dead in Balochistan

Mar 09, 2025, at 09:26 am

A Pakistani "scholar", who was accused of helping Pakistan's ISI spy agency in kidnapping former Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav from Iran, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Balochistan on Friday night, media reports said.

Pakistan: Seven passengers lined up, gunned down by unknown gunmen in Balochistan

Feb 19, 2025, at 03:46 pm

Unidentified gunmen offloaded seven passengers from a bus and gunned them down in Pakistan's Balochistan region on Tuesday.

Pakistan: Security forces allegedly kidnap Baloch youth from Karachi

Feb 08, 2025, at 07:04 pm

Pakistani security forces have allegedly kidnapped a Baloch youth in Karachi city and shifted him to an undisclosed location, media reports said.

Pakistan: Karachi airport bombing mastermind, that left two Chinese citizens dead, arrested

Nov 12, 2024, at 11:47 pm

The mastermind behind the suicide bombing that took place close to the Karachi airport in Pakistan and left two Chinese citizens dead has been arrested, media reports said on Tuesday.

Pakistan: 24 killed, over 30 injured in blast at Quetta railway station in Balochistan

Nov 09, 2024, at 06:25 pm

Quetta/IBNS: At least 24 people were killed and over 30 injured in a blast which took place at Quetta Railway Station in Pakistan's Balochistan region on Saturday, media reports said.

Pakistan: Quetta witnesses protests demanding recovery of missing Balochistan University students

Nov 04, 2024, at 02:04 am

Baloch Students Action Committee members demonstrated in Pakistan's Balochistan region over the forced disappearance of two students from Balochistan University.

Pakistan: Blast close to school leaves seven people, including minors, dead

Nov 01, 2024, at 08:18 pm

At least seven people, including five minors, died after a blast occurred close to a Girls High School at the Civil Hospital Chowk in Mastung region of Pakistan on Friday, media reports said.

Pakistan: Balochistan government shuts down over 65 'habitual absentee school teachers' from service

Oct 31, 2024, at 12:24 am

The Balochistan government in Pakistan has removed 65 ‘habitual absentee school teachers’ from service, media reports said.

Pakistan: Balochistan's public hospitals facing severe medicine shortage amid Congo virus outbreak

Oct 31, 2024, at 12:01 am

Healthcare system in Pakistan's Quetta is struggling with medical shortages reported from two major public hospitals in the city.

Pakistan: Balochistan National Party Mengal announces series of protests against atrocities committed against people

Oct 28, 2024, at 01:50 am

Balochistan National Party Mengal (BNP-M) leader Agha Hassan Baloch has announced a series of protests against the atrocities committed against people of the Pakistani region.

Pakistan: Gunmen attack coal mines in Balochistan, 20 miners dead

Oct 11, 2024, at 06:43 pm

At least 20 people died after unknown armed men attacked coal mines belonging to a local company in Pakistan's Balochistan region on Friday.

Security forces foil terror attack in Pakistan, one FC official dies

Oct 10, 2024, at 01:08 am

A Frontier Corps (FC) official died on Wednesday and 13 others were injured when security forces foiled a suicide attack in Zoab region, media reports said.

Pakistan reports yet another polio case

Sep 21, 2024, at 06:59 am

Pakistan has diagnosed yet another polio case, taking the total number of diagnosed cases in the country this year to 18.

Balochistan’s cry for freedom: A struggle against oppression by Pakistan

Aug 28, 2024, at 01:17 am

The recent surge in violence across Balochistan, where over 70 lives have been lost in just a few days, underscores a grim reality: the people of this resource-rich yet impoverished province in southwestern Pakistan are being pushed to the edge by a state that has failed them.

Pakistan: 40 people die in separate attacks by gunmen across Balochistan

Aug 27, 2024, at 01:09 am

In separate shooting and grenade attack incidents at least 40 people were killed in Balochistan while 21 terrorists were also eliminated, media reports said on Monday.

Pakistan: 23 passengers offloaded from vehicles then shot dead by terrorists in Balochistan

Aug 26, 2024, at 10:18 pm

At least 23 passengers were offloaded from buses and trucks in Balochistan's  Musakhel area which left at least 23 people dead, media reports said.

Pakistan: Employees of Balochistan university protests against non-payment of salary

Aug 25, 2024, at 04:42 am

Hundreds of employees of the Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (Buitems) recently took out a procession in Pakistan's Quetta city after their salaries were not paid for several months.

Pakistan: Blast in Balochistan leaves two children, one woman dead

Aug 24, 2024, at 11:17 pm

At least two children and a woman died after 13 others were hurt after a blast rocked a market area in Pishin district in  Pakistan's Balochistan region on Saturday.

Baloch community members demonstrate in Germany against atrocities committed by Pakistani security forces in Balochistan

Aug 07, 2024, at 05:47 am

The Baloch community of Germany recently demonstrated in Hannover against the ongoing atrocities by Pakistani security forces in Balochistan province.

Gwadar protesters face teargas as demonstrators try to quell their demonstration, several arrested

Jul 31, 2024, at 12:30 am

At least three people died and several others were injured after protesters of  Balochistan Yakjehti Committee (BYC) clashed with security personnel in different areas of Quetta on Sunday.

Sit-in demonstrations continue in Balochistan over demand to recover five mission persons

Jul 22, 2024, at 11:03 pm

The sit-in protest in Pakistan's Balochistan region over the recovery of five missing persons from Gresha has entered its third day on Sunday, media reports said.

Pakistan: Armed groups carry out multiple attacks in Balochistan

Jul 18, 2024, at 02:28 am

Three Baloch armed group members have claimed responsibility for several attacks which occurred on Pakistani forces and a rod construction company in different parts of the region.

Baloch Yakjehti Committee protesters, police clash over demand to release missing students in Quetta, several hurt

Jul 13, 2024, at 03:15 pm

More than 12 people, including six police, were injured when clashes broke out between cops and Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) during a rally organised to demand the release of missing students in Quetta.

Pakistan FC security personnel abduct two brothers from Balochistan

Jun 18, 2024, at 08:49 pm

Pakistan’s Frontier Corps (FC) personnel have abducted two men from  Gili area in Balochistan, media reports said.

Pakistani security forces foil TTP's attempt to set up centres in Balochistan

Jun 15, 2024, at 12:31 am

Pakistani security forces have foiled an attempt by banned   Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakis­tan (TTP) to establish centres in Balochistan, media reports said.

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