Tag: Quetta

One killed, another injured in Quetta firing

QUETTA: At least one person was killed and another injured when armed men opened fire in the provincial capital on Thursday. According to details, the armed persons...

Pak-Iran train service suspended due to flood

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan-Iran train service was suspended after the railway track was damaged due to flood in Dalbandin. According to a report quoting railway officials, efforts were...

Army committed to Balochistan’s uplift: Gen Bajwa

QUETTA: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa Sunday said that the prosperity of Balochistan is Pakistan's prosperity and the Pakistan Army would...

President Mamnoon Hussain arrives in Quetta

QUETTA: President Mamnoon Hussain arrived in Quetta on Saturday for his two-day Balochistan visit. He will have meetings with Balochistan Governor Muhammad Khan Achakzi, Chief...

Major terrorist activity averted in Balochistan

QUETTA: Balochistan Frontier Corps (FC) on Friday arrested six suspected terrorists during intelligence-based operations (IBO) on suspected terrorists’ hideouts in Karbala, Pishin area of...

FC seizes arms, ammunition in Balochistan raid

QUETTA: The Frontier Corps (FC) conducted an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in various areas of Balochistan on Thursday, according to the army’s media wing and recovered a huge...

Four security personnel martyred in Quetta suicide attack

QUETTA: As many as four security personnel were martyred and six Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were left injured in a suicide attack near Quetta...

Balochistan minister reviews Quetta Safe City project: report

QUETTA: Balochistan Minister for Environment and Information Technology Prince Ahmed Ali Ahmedzai on Sunday reviewed the Quetta Safe City Project, reported a local English...

PSL 2018 will be Kevin Pietersen’s swansong

LAHORE: Kevin Piteresen has called time on his illustrious and ‘controversial’ cricketing career. The 37-year-old will ply his trade for the last time with...

Falcons caught! Inside the luggage of a smuggler

QUETTA: A man, traveling from Sharjah, was caught at Quetta International Airport smuggling four falcons in his luggage, on Monday morning. Airport officials asked the...

Establishment of new Eagle Force currently under consideration: report

QUETTA: Balochistan Inspector General of Police Moazzam Jah Ansari on Sunday has said that the establishment of a new police force comprising around 1,500...

Four FC personnel martyred in Quetta ambush

QUETTA: Four personnel of the Frontier Corps (FC) were gunned down in an ambush in the city's Langovabad area early on Wednesday. According to reports,...

Former PML-N minister given in NAB custody for 14 days

QUETTA: An accountability court on Wednesday granted 14-day physical remand of former Balochistan food minister Mir Izhar Hussain Khoso for questioning with regard to his alleged involvement...

Levies Force official shot dead in Quetta

QUETTA: Levies Force personnel were shot dead by some unidentified armed assailants at Qambarani Road near Sariab area here on Tuesday. According to the...

Quetta man confesses to attempting rape, murdering teenage sister

QUETTA: A 13-year-old girl, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Quetta, was murdered by her own brother, according to reports. The body of...

Teenage girl raped, killed in Quetta, CM seeks report

QUETTA: A teenage girl was raped and killed in the provincial capital Quetta on Sunday by unidentified accused. Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Qadoos...

Two female anti-polio workers shot dead in Quetta

QUETTA: Two female members of a polio vaccination team in Quetta were shot dead on Thursday. Police said that unidentified miscreants opened fire on the polio...