The troops of the Pakistani security forces were forced to abandom their posts after locals turned on them in Balochistan on Wednesday. As per local media reports, violent protests erupted in Brabchah area of Balochistan where the locals pelted the Pak security forces with stones.
A Paris-based NGO, the Baloch Voice Association, recently organized a virtual conference titled "Prevent genocide in Balochistan and end eliminations with impunity" amid Covid-19 outbreak in the region and rest of the world.
A powerful bomb blast in a Pakistani town bordering Afghanistan injured nine people, including two security personnel, an official said on Saturday. The blast took place near the Levies line in Chaman town, which is located few kilometres away from the country's border with Afghanistan.
Director of Institute of Gilgit-Baltistan Studies, Senge H Sering, speaking at the 43rd session of UNHRC in Geneva, lambasted on Pakistan saying that they are under constant threat of terrorism perpetrated by Pakistani military and requested India to resume constitutional responsibility and acquire control of Gilgit-Baltistan (Balochistan) to save them from brutal colonial reign of Pakistan.
At least seven people killed and several injured after a blast in Pakistan's Quetta in Balochistan province on Monday.
The accident occurred on Khuzdar-Jhal Magsi highway near the Bareja area of Jhal Magsi district in the province when the driver lost control of the vehicle due to over-speeding and it plunged into a ditch.
At least 10 people, including three women and three children, were killed in separate incidents after the roof of the houses caved in due to heavy snowfall in Balochistan.
Even as Pakistan is grappling with economic crisis, Rs 34 crore (in Pakistani currency) has been spent to repair the plane of the Chief Minister of the country's Balochistan province, according to media reports.
New cases of polio have been reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Sindh and Balochistan region.
Six militants from the banned separatist group Balochistan Republican Army were arrested after the security forces raided their hideout in Pakistan's Sindh province on Sunday, an official said.
"When the bus reached Bozi top in Lasbela, it plunged into the ditch," Assistant Commissioner Bela Jamil Baloch was quoted as saying by the paper. A preliminary investigation showed the accident took place when the brakes of the bus failed.
Scores of members of the Balochi American, Sindhi American and Pashto American communities landed in Houston on Saturday from various parts of the US to hold the first-of-its-kind demonstration in America, wherein they will collectively urge the leaders of India and the United States to help them get freedom from Pakistan.
Wishing Modi on his birthday, Ashraf tweeted: "Don't forget the repressed people of Balochistan. Give them voice and raise the issue at all international fora, including United Nations. Baloch are also human beings, they have a right to live with dignity."
The two were involved in a terror activity in the Mastung area of Balochistan in July, before fleeing to Afghanistan.
The free Balochistan movement activists staged protest outside the Parliament of the United Kingdoms.
The people of Balochistan, who seek independence from Pakistan, have earlier raised the issue of their "annihilation" by the Pakistani forces at the forum of UNHRC.
According to news agency ANI, the blast occurred inside a mosque in Kuchlak in Quetta, Balochistan.
Prime Minister Imran Khan on his maiden visit to the US faced protests by ethnic and religious minorities from Pakistan, drawing the attention of the Trump administration towards human rights violations and forced disappearances in that country.
The incident occurred at Alikhail area of Qila Abdullah district in Balochistan province.
Three heavily-armed militants on Saturday stormed the Pearl Continental (PC) Hotel in Gwadar and opened random firing, killing a guard. All the three attackers were killed by the security forces.
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