Tag: Quetta

On appeal of Balochistan National Party (BNP) complete shutter down strike was observed in a Khuzdar, Naal and Zehri on Friday. The strike was...

While changing his stance over the Khezai incident in which five armless Chechens, including three women, were killed on Wednesday, Quetta Capital City Police...

Balochistan Governor Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi on Thursday said that no one could stop the US from conducting drone attacks in the province if...

Seven people, including a minor girl, were gunned down while six others received bullet injuries in an ambush on a group of Shias in...

At least six people were shot dead and five others got injured in a firing by unknown gunmen on Wednesday in Quetta, police sources...

Five would-be Chechen suicide bombers, including three women, were killed by security forces before they could attack a check-post in the provincial capital on...

Pakistani security forces Tuesday foiled a major suicide attack when they killed five militants equipped with suicide vests, three of them women, in a...

After killing the al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a May 2 raid, the United States has made clear it will go after...

Unknown miscreants fired on a police station in Nasirabad here on Wednesday however culprits escaped when police retaliated. According to details, unknown miscreants fired...

Complete shutter down strike is observed on Saturday in almost all parts of the provincial capital on the call of Pashtunkhwa Mili Awami Party...

Five Shias were killed and nine others injured when militants belonging to the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi fired two rockets followed by intense gunfire at a...

Unknown gunmen Friday opened fire on people visiting a cemetery in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, killing five, police said. The attack took place...

QUETTA - A man was shot dead in Kech district and a corpse was found in the Awaran area of Balochistan on Wednesday. Reportedly, unidentified armed assailants opened fire on man in Mand, Kech near the Pak-Iran border. As a result, he received serious wounds and died while being moved to a hospital.
However, the name of deceased and the motive behind the killing could not be ascertained immediately. Levies registered a case against unidentified assailants and investigations into

QUETTA - Three people, including a woman, were wounded in a car bomb blast in the provincial capital on Tuesday. Police officials said unidentified persons parked an explosives-laden Suzuki car in front of the office Mahak, an NGO, on New Al-Gilani Road in the centre of Quetta which was exploded with a remote-controlled device early in the morning. As a result, one woman identified as Bakht Bibi and two security guards, Rafiuddin and Syed Masood, received wounds and were rushed to a

LAHORE - The elections for the post of President, Secretary and Treasurer of the District Cricket Association Quetta were held on April 8 at Bughti Stadium, Quetta under the supervision of Abdul Sami Khan, PCB Election Commissioner. The following office bearers were elected: Anwar Shah (President), Syed Attaullah Shah (Secretary), Khial Muhammad (Treasurer).

QUETTA - One Policeman was killed while nine people, including Deputy Inspector General (Investigation) Quetta Police, were injured in a suicide explosion, targetting the residence of the senior police official here on Thursday.
"A powerful car bomb explosion took place after ramming the vehicle into the outer-wall of official residance of DIG Investigation Wazeer Khan Nasar near Police Line in Quetta Cantonment. The blast killed one policeman and caused injuries to nine others

QUETTA - Like other parts of the country, house counting started in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan on Wednesday. The counting process will end on April 19, whereas the second phase focusing on population census would be conducted in August and September this year.
Quetta has been divided into 74 circles and 566 blocks. Officials said one block consisted of 250 houses while there would be three to 10 blocks in each union. The house listing is being carried out in Quetta