QUETTA, BALOCHISTAN: Five individuals have been forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces from various areas of Balochistan, while four persons have since been released and returned to their homes. According to details, 16-year-old student Abrar Baloch, son of Qadir Baloch, was forcibly disappeared from Mastung after being taken into custody by […]
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QUETTA, BALOCHISTAN: The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), Baloch Republican Guards (BRG) and Balocistan Liberation Front (BLF) have separately claimed responsibility for a series of operations in Lasbela, Jiwani, Kharan, Kech, Mashkel and Kachhi, including an attack on a Pakistani military convoy, the killing of four individuals alleged to be linked […]
QILA ABDULLAH: Armed men opened fire on a vehicle carrying a family from Karachi in the Saigi area of Qila Abdullah, killing two women on the spot and injuring a father and daughter, police said. Police said the incident occurred as the Karachi-based family had come to Tehsil Gulistan for […]
QUETTA, BALOCHISTAN: Security arrangements across Quetta have been further tightened amid possible security concerns. Heavy contingents of the Frontier Corps (FC) and police have been deployed in various parts of the city, including streets, major highways, and sensitive locations, while strict checkpoints and barriers have been established at multiple points. […]
WRITER: NADIA BALOCH Dear Jasu, Oh dear Jasu, oh, my beloved brother, where have you gone? Dear Jasu, I wanted to cry, to cry terribly for losing you so soon. I wanted to scream and tell the world that you left in your very youth. Jasu, the day I heard […]
QUETTA, BALOCHISTAN: Hand Grenade Attack on Rickshaw Outside Yasin Hospital, Injures Four Four people were injured when a hand grenade was thrown into a rickshaw on Patel Road in front of Yasin Hospital, Quetta. According to the source, the injured have been identified as Zubair Ahmed, son of Haji Abdullah […]
ISLAMABAD: A former federal secretary, inspector general of police, and UN police commissioner has called for a fundamental rethink of Pakistan’s approach to Balochistan, arguing that decades of security‑centric policies have failed to deliver lasting peace. In an article originally published by Arab News PK, titled “I served in Balochistan. […]
WRITER; SHAHDAD BALOCH. The term ‘counterinsurgency’ means military or political action taken against the activities of guerrillas or revolutionaries However, counterinsurgency itself has no independent existence it only emerges in response to an ongoing insurgency. This raises an important question: What is an insurgency? David Galula the author of the […]
QUETTA: Pakistan’s military has confirmed that 42 police and army personnel were killed in militant attacks across the southwestern province of Balochistan over the past week, according to Reuters. However, the local sources, coupled with casualty claims made by separatist militant groups following subsequent attacks, suggest the overall security force […]
QUETTA, BALOCHISTAN: A series of highway blockades, infrastructure attacks, and clashes were reported across multiple districts of Balochistan on Thursday, according to local reports. According to sources, in Harnai, armed men reportedly set up checkpoints and conducted vehicle inspections on the Shahrag–Harnai Road and the Shahrag–Ziarat Road. In Dalbandin, the […]
