Archiv: Balochistan (province / Pakistan)


17.01.2024 - 09:08 [ Tribune.com.pk ]

Pakistan warns of ‘consequences’ after Iranian incursion

Pakistan condemned the attack, describing it an “unprovoked violation” of the Pakistani airspace, and warned Tehran of serious consequences. The Foreign Office said in a late-night statement that the violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty was completely unacceptable.

Two bases of Jaish al Adl in Pakistan were targeted by missiles on Tuesday, Iranian state media reported, a day after Iran‘s elite Revolutionary Guards missiles strikes hit an “Israeli spy centre” in Iraq and targeted Islamic State militants in Syria.

17.01.2024 - 09:00 [ DailyPakistan.com.pk ]

Pakistan summons Iranian charge d‘affaires to protest over ‚unprovoked violation‘ of air space

Islamabad reacted strongly over unprovoked violation of airspace by Tehran air attack inside Pakistani territory killed two innocent children while injuring three other girls.

Foreign office said such violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty is completely unacceptable and can have serious consequences.

MoFA called it concerning as despite the existence of several channels of communication, Iran opted for aggressive approach.

17.01.2024 - 08:30 [ Tehran Times ]

Iran hits back

Missiles rain on the headquarters of terrorists in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria’s Idlib and Pakistan’s Balochistan

17.01.2024 - 08:20 [ Washington Post ]

Iran attacks alleged militant bases in Pakistan; Islamabad says ‚unprovoked‘ strikes kill 2 children

Iran launched attacks Tuesday in Pakistan targeting what it described as bases for the militant group Jaish al-Adl, potentially further raising tensions in a Middle East already roiled by Israel‘s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Pakistan said the strikes killed two children and wounded three others in an assault it described as an “unprovoked violation” of its airspace.

02.10.2023 - 05:42 [ Tribune.com.pk ]

Balochistan govt announces ‘all-out war’ against terrorists amid rising unrest

(October 01, 2023)

During a press conference held in Quetta, the minister lauded the Chief of Army Staff‘s (COAS) dedication to the fight against terror and emphasised the joint efforts of provincial and federal governments in countering extremism and terrorism. (…)

Echoing the sentiments of Caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti, Achakzai asserted that the Indian intelligence agency RAW was responsible for the unrest and terrorist acts in Balochistan. “Such elements would not be spared at any costs”, he concluded.

02.10.2023 - 05:25 [ Koko / Nitter ]

There have been 5 bomb blasts in Pakistan today, so far. But this is not our 9/11.

(29.09.2023)

02.10.2023 - 05:23 [ Al Jazeera ]

Pakistan blasts updates: Twin explosions kill dozens of worshippers

(29.09.2023)

Balochistan’s Police Chief Abdul Khaliq Shaikh says the explosion near the procession of Eid Mawlid an-Nabi in Mastung was a suicide attack.

Shaikh said in a statement that a police official, Nawaz Gishkori, sacrificed his life trying to stop the suicide attacker.

30.08.2021 - 15:38 [ Xinhuanet ]

CPEC opened door of opportunities for people of Gwadar: Pakistani senator

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) opened the door of employment, education and development opportunities for the people of the country‘s southwest Gwadar district through the development of Gwadar Port and welfare work by the Chinese government and people, a Pakistani senator from Gwadar said.

22.04.2021 - 08:09 [ France24 ]

Deadly car bombing in Pakistan targets hotel hosting Chinese ambassador

The province is home to the newly expanded Gwadar deepwater port that is key to a planned $65 billion investment in China’s Belt and Road Initiative economic corridor.

16.10.2020 - 01:02 [ Energy Update Magazine ]

QESCO to be handed over to Balochistan govt: Omar

Federal Minister for Power Division Omar Ayub has said the federal government has decided to handover Quetta Electric Supply Company (QESCO) to the provincial government of Balochistan. He said as a part of the privatisation drive, the government had offered Balochistan to takeover the operation of the QESCO, adding that the government was also going to privatise Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) and the Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO).

16.10.2020 - 00:40 [ The Balochistan Post ]

14 killed in a convoy attack in Ormara, BRAS claims responsibility

The convoy of the state-run Oil and Gas Development Authority was reportedly travelling from Gwadar to Karachi when it was attacked on the way.

01.05.2020 - 23:54 [ The Guardian ]

Exiled Pakistani journalist found dead in Sweden

Hussain fled Pakistan in 2012 after his reporting on forced disappearances and human rights violations in the Balochistan region had resulted in the police raiding his house and interrogating his family. He also received death threats…He had arrived in Sweden in 2018, after previously moving from the United Arab Emirates to Oman and Uganda

01.05.2020 - 23:45 [ Arab News ]

Missing Pakistan journalist found dead in Sweden

Sajid Hussain, from the troubled southwestern province of Baluchistan, was working part-time as a professor in Uppsala, about 60 kilometers (35 miles) north of Stockholm, when he went missing on March 2.
He was also the chief editor of the Baluchistan Times, an online magazine he had set up, in which he wrote about drug trafficking, forced disappearances and a long-running insurgency.

17.05.2019 - 18:46 [ France 24 ]

Pakistan PM Imran Khan makes first visit to Iran

21.4.2019

Khan‘s visit to Iran, the first since he took office last year, also comes days after gunmen killed 14 members of Pakistan‘s security forces in the Balochistan province.