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Five people, including two women and a child, were killed when security forces raided a house near Quetta early Thursday, officials said. They said nearly 16 security men were also injured when the inmates returned fire and used rockets and hand grenades, deputy inspector general police, Mohammad Mobeen said. He said the suspects […]
A bomb attack Thursday hit a convoy of security personnel near Quetta, killing at least 10 security men and inured over a dozen others, officials said. The bomb was attached to a rickshaw and was parked along the road and exploded as the convoy was passed in the outskirts of Quetta, the capital of […]
Police in Quetta say they have arrested a group of children who could be used for blasts in the city and other parts of Balochistan. The arrested children were produced at a press conference in Quetta and the police said they were arrested during a targeted operation. Senior police official said the children […]
Unidentified armed men have kidnapped Balochistan assembly member, his family and the police said. Malik Sultan Tarin, who belongs to the Pashtoon nationalist “Awami National Party” (ANP) lost control with family members in Kuchlak, some 30 km from Quetta, the provincial capital. Tarin had left Quetta for Harnai area on Tuesday night on […]
Prime Minister, Raja Pervez Ashraf, has ordered an immediate operation against suspected terrorists three days after a huge bomb attack killed 87 people in Quetta, official said Tuesday. The Saturday’s blast in a crowded marketplace and targeting Shiite Muslims had also injured nearly 200 people that prompted countrywide protest and the relatives have refused […]
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf Monday assured the Hazara community that their demands would be accepted and the Government would go to any extent to bring culprits behind heinous Quetta blast to justice. Speaking in the National Assembly‚ he said services of the country’s all security forces and agencies would be utilized to week […]
Mobile phone networks will be suspended in major cities in view of terror threat on Thursday night. The move is one of several security measures being taken ahead of Eid Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH). Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has issued the directives to the mobile network companies to block services in Karachi, Peshawar, Lahore, Quetta, Multan […]
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said the government is cognizant of its constitutional and political obligations. Addressing the meeting of Council of Common Interests in Islamabad today‚ he said we believe in the strengthening of institutions in their own spheres. He said with the collective wisdom of federal as well as provincial […]
Hundreds of Bara tribe men have staged sit-in with 18 dead bodies found a day earlier in Alamgudar area of Khyber tribal region’s Bara tehsil in front of the on Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa governor house. Reports said that the protestors carrying the bodies of 18 tribe men who were found in different areas of Bara […]
Disgraced former Balochistan chief minister Nawab Aslam Raisani has termed the imposition of Governor’s Rule in the province and dismissal of his government an assault in darkness. A defiant Raisani, however, said he had been expecting such an action for the past three years. He said what had happened to him was unfair. Talking […]
President Asif Ali Zardari issued a presidential proclamation, imposing governor’s rule in Balochistan. Taking notice of the deteriorating security situation, Zardari has decided to visit the turbulent province and meet all the stakeholders. Under governor’s rule, the powers of the provincial government will now be transferred to the National Assembly in the absence […]
Condemning terrorist violence in Pakistan, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has reaffirmed the world body’s support for the country in countering terrorism. The spokesperson said in a statement, “The secretary-general is deeply concerned about ongoing terrorist violence in Pakistan. He strongly condemns the multiple attacks in Quetta and the Swat Valley on Thursday.” […]
