11 labourers killed in bomb blast in Pakistan
At least 11 labourers were killed and seven others critically injured when a bomb, planted on a road in the Shahrag area of Harnai in Pakistan's Balochistan province, exploded on Friday.
At least 11 labourers were killed and seven others critically injured when a bomb, planted on a road in the Shahrag area of Harnai in Pakistan's Balochistan province, exploded on Friday.
Many of these individuals are held without charge, leaving their families in a state of uncertainty regarding their fate. While the issue has garnered international attention, efforts to hold the perpetrators accountable have largely proven ineffective.
Pakistan reported three new cases of polio in the country's Balochistan, Sindh, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, bringing the total number of the disease-infected children to 21 since the beginning of this year, the health ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
Eight security personnel were injured when a bomb went off in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, police officials said on Friday.
Pakistan's military said on Friday that it had killed five 'terrorists' and injured three others in three different operations in the country's southwest Balochistan province.
But with little to show in terms of results, Baluchi insurgency is now turning towards the familiar route of religious sanctification, which oddly enough, overrides ethnic-tribal fixations, and is gaining traction. The man on the centerstage of ensuing Baluch protests is the local Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) leader, Maulana Hidayatur Rehman, leading the Gwadar Ko Huqooq Do Tehreek (Give Rights to Gwadar Movement)
Rather than listening to the pressing demands of Gwadar’s people, the government has come up with a ridiculous and unconstitutional order to suppress the voice of the most marginalised segments. The ongoing protest comprises genuine basic demands which the government can fulfil if it cares enough about the population.
The earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted Pakistan's Balochistan on Thursday morning. A state of emergency has been declared in all districts of the province affected by the earthquake
What we know as Balochistan today-a province of Pakistan with borders touching Afghanistan and Iran, was called Kalat during British times.
The law enforcement agencies further informed that the blast was caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) that was fitted on a motorcycle in Chaman city's Mall Road area, as reported by The Express Tribune.
