Tag: Balochistan

Balochistan: LEAs abduct over 9000 suspected militants in 2015

According to Home Secretary Balochistan, Akbar Hussain Durrani, over 9,000 suspected militants and criminals were detained by police, levies, frontier corps and intelligence agencies...

CPEC will usher new era of development in Balochistan: Gen Bajwa

Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa Monday (today) said that timely completion of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will usher a new era of development...

NAB to file reference against Khalid Langove

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) decided Thursday to file a reference against the former finance adviser to Balochistan chief minister Mir Khalid Langove following the plea...

Judiciary has disappointed nation on panama leaks: Siraj

  Jamaat e Islami’s Amir, Sirajul Haq, has said that the judiciary has disappointed the nation on the panama leaks issue as the court verdict on this most...

Balochistan’s development means ‘new Pakistan in the making’: PM

Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said the dream of Balochistan’s prosperity was being realised with the completion of several development projects, ensuring...

PM Nawaz inaugurates Surab – Hoshab highway a key part of...

Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Wednesday (today) said that the development of Balochistan means a new Pakistan is in the making. “Building up of a new Balochistan...

Judges, generals are not beyond criticism: Asma Jahangir

Leading human rights activist and former president of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Asma Jahangir said that judges and army generals are not beyond...

39 women killed in name of honour this year in Balochistan

At least 39 women were killed in honour-killing crimes in Balochistan this year. According to a report, in the last three years 149, men and...

FC kill five suspected militants in Sibi

  Security forces on Tuesday claimed to have killed five suspected militants in Balochistan's Sibi district. According to a spokesperson for the Frontier Corps (FC), security forces...

Couple strangled to death

  A couple was murdered by strangulating and their dead bodies were thrown in the bushes near here Thursday. According to details a young couple a...

Punjab gets a lion’s share in HEC’s foreign-funded scholarships

by SHAH NAWAZ MOHAL Students from Islamabad and Balochistan both bagged 4 scholarships each during 2013-2016 187 scholarships were offered for science disciplines, while 40 were in...

OGDCL to start working in conflict-ridden Balochistan

  AHMAD AHMADANI OGDCL achieves highest crude oil production of 50157barrel After a long time Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has got security clearance to...

Modern broadband facility to serve 12.8% of Balochistan

The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications (MoIT) would provide modern broadband facilities to 196,177 un-served individuals in some 269 Mauzas, covering an area...

Senate’s body for equal representation to small provinces in PBS

The members of the Senate Standing Committee on Law and Justice belonging to Sindh and Balochistan expressed their concern that if the small provinces...

Shah Norani shrine attack kills 62, injures 102

At least 62 people were killed and 102 were injured on Saturday evening in a bombing at the shrine of Shah Norani in Khuzdar...

Balochistan issues threat alert as woman terrorist on the prowl

  Balochistan’s Home department has issued a threat alert stating that a “lady suicide bomber” has reached Quetta, where she is believed to carry out...

Missing Wahid Baloch: Senate body refers case to NCHR

The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights has referred the case of suspected enforced disappearance victim, Abdul Wahid Baloch, to the National Commission on...