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  • pakistan president s son escapes unhurt in bomb attack

    Pakistan President's son escapes unhurt in bomb attack

    World | May 25, 2015 11:33 IST

    Islamabad: Son of Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain escaped unhurt in bomb attack in southwestern Balochistan late on Sunday, police said.Five policemen in the escort team of Talat Mamnoon and six other people were injured in

  • kidnapped pakistan air force officer killed

    Kidnapped Pakistan Air Force officer killed

    World | January 08, 2015 13:32 IST

    Islamabad: The bullet-riddled body of a kidnapped Pakistan Air Force officer was found in Balochistan province, media reported Thursday.The officer was kidnapped along with four others Jan 4 from an area between provincial capital Quetta

  • major terror bid foiled in pakistani city

    Major terror bid foiled in Pakistani city

    World | January 05, 2015 6:35 IST

    Islamabad: Pakistani security forces foiled a major terror bid in Balochistan's Sibi city by defusing a roadside bomb on Sunday, the day Eid Milad-un-Nabi was being celebrated across the country, media reported.Frontier Corps (FC) personnel

  • pakistan to intensify effort to end polio

    Pakistan to intensify effort to end polio

    World | October 15, 2014 11:08 IST

    Islamabad: The Pakistan government has decided to intensify its effort to eradicate polio, a media report said.Emergence of new cases has forced international institutions and foreign governments to put restrictions on the country.The decision was

  • 6 killed 8 injured by unknown gunmen in pakistan shrine

    6 killed, 8 injured by unknown gunmen in Pakistan shrine

    World | August 29, 2014 16:44 IST

    Islamabad: At least six worshippers of a minority Islamic sect have been shot dead and eight others injured by unknown gunmen at a shrine in Pakistan's troubled Balochistan province, officials said today. The worshippers of Zikri

  • 23 pak shia pilgrims killed in balochistan

    23 Pak Shia pilgrims killed in Balochistan

    World | June 09, 2014 16:40 IST

    Karachi: At least 25 Shia pilgrims returning from Iran were killed when militants attacked their buses in Pakistan's troubled Balochistan province, officials said today.The attack took place yesterday when 10 buses carrying the Shia pilgrims

  • blast on train kills 16 in south west pakistan

    Blast on train kills 16 in South West Pakistan

    World | April 08, 2014 19:49 IST

    Islamabad: At least 16 people, including women and children, were killed and over 40 others injured when militants bombed a train in Pakistan's restive southwestern Balochistan province today.The blast took place inside the bogie number

  • pakistan court issues warrants against musharraf s

    Pakistan court issues warrants against Musharraf's guarantors

    World | March 18, 2014 19:44 IST

    Islamabad: A Pakistani court in Balochistan has issued arrest warrants against the guarantors of former military dictator Pervez Musharraf after he failed to appear in connection with the 2006 Akbar Bugti murder case.  The Anti-Terrorism

  • rights group chief claims 18 000 missing in balochistan

    Rights group chief claims 18,000 'missing' in Balochistan

    World | November 23, 2013 11:02 IST

    Karachi: The head of a rights group working for the Baloch people yesterday alleged that around 18,000 people had been detained without charge by security agencies in the troubled Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan.  Voice

  • toll in devastating pakistan quake touches 350

    Toll in devastating Pakistan quake touches 350

    World | September 25, 2013 19:26 IST

    Islamabad: Soldiers and rescue teams today stepped up their desperate search for survivors in the rubble of thousands of homes flattened by a powerful earthquake that struck Pakistan's Balochistan province as the death toll rose

  • bodies of 13 rail passengers slain recovered in balochistan

    Bodies of 13 rail passengers slain recovered in Balochistan

    World | August 06, 2013 14:44 IST

    Quetta, Balochistan, Aug 6 : The bodies of thirteen passengers abducted Monday night and killed near Mach of  Bolan district in Balochistan were recovered Tuesday morning from nearby mountains.Assistant Commissioner Mach, Kashif Nabi told Geo

  • explosives laden vehicle seized in pakistan

    Explosives-laden vehicle seized in Pakistan

    World | August 06, 2013 10:00 IST

    Islamabad, Aug 6 : A terror bid was foiled in the Quetta city of Pakistan's Balochistan province when police seized an explosives-laden auto rickshaw, parked near a petrol pump, Monday.There was about 200 kg explosives

  • hindus living dangerously in balochistan

    Hindus living 'dangerously' in Balochistan

    World | May 20, 2013 11:00 IST

    Islamabad, May 20: Though Hindus have richly contributed in the economic prosperity and development of Pakistan's restive Balochistan province since pre-partition days, they are today faced with the dilemma of survival and living "dangerously".Historically, it

  • quake kills five in pakistan

    Quake kills five in Pakistan

    World | April 16, 2013 18:37 IST

    Islamabad, Apr 16: At least five persons were killed and several others injured when buildings collapsed in Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan today during a massive earthquake that was felt across the region.The five deaths

  • gunmen kidnap czech tourists in balochistan

    Gunmen kidnap Czech tourists in Balochistan

    World | March 14, 2013 14:37 IST

    Quetta, Mar 14: Gunmen abducted two female Czech tourists and their police guard as they were traveling on a bus through a troubled province in southwest Pakistan, the Czech foreign ministry and a Pakistani government

  • balochistan assembly rejects governor s rule

    Balochistan assembly rejects governor's rule

    World | January 16, 2013 14:10 IST

    Islamabad, Jan 16: Describing the move as "undemocratic", the Balochistan assembly has unanimously rejected the imposition of governor's rule in the Pakistani province.Governor's rule was imposed in Balochistan early Monday following last Thursday's twin bomb

  • pak pm sacks balochistan govt after brutal shia killings

    Pak PM sacks Balochistan govt after brutal Shia killings

    World | January 14, 2013 13:42 IST

    Islamabad/Karachi, Jan 14: Yielding to protests over the killing of nearly 100 Shias in Quetta, Pakistan Premier Raja Pervez Ashraf today sacked Balochistan government and imposed Governor's Rule in the troubled southwestern province.The move came

  • gunmen fire at train in pak s balochistan province 4 killed

    Gunmen fire at train in Pak's Balochistan province; 4 killed

    World | January 06, 2013 16:03 IST

    Islamabad,Jan 6: Unidentified gunmen fired at a train in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, killing at least four people and seriously injuring 10 others.The gunmen fired indiscriminately at the Jaffar Express train in Kohsar area of

  • 11 migrants trying to sneak into iran killed in balochistan

    11 migrants trying to sneak into Iran killed in Balochistan

    World | December 22, 2012 10:10 IST

    Quetta, Dec 22: At least eleven people, including six Pakistanis and five Afghan nationals were killed near Iran-Pakistan border  in Balochistan's Gwadar region while trying to illegally cross into neighbouring Iran in three vehicles ,

  • balochistan situation is worse than kashmir palestine

    Balochistan situation is worse than Kashmir, Palestine, former CM tells Pak SC

    World | September 27, 2012 22:04 IST

    Islamabad, Sept 27: The former chief minister of Balochistan province and chief of Balochistan Nationalist Party Sardar Akhtar Mengal today told the Pakistan Supreme Court that the situation in the province was worse compared to

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