Tags : Quetta

Protests in Balochistan Over Military Camps and Students’ Profiling

Faiz Baluch 12th September 2024

QUETTA: Students at the University of Balochistan have accused the Pakistani forces of invasive profiling under the pretext of anti-narcotics operations. According to details, security personnel in anti-narcotics uniforms entered the university’s girls’ hostels, targeting Baloch students for profiling. The students were reportedly gathered, subjected to intrusive questioning, and recorded on video. The students have […]Read More

Balochistan: Families continue their protest amid Pakistani media silence

Faiz Baluch 6th August 2022

QUETTA: The families of enforced-disappeared Baloch have been protesting for the past 16 days, in front of the governor’s house in Quetta Balochistan to demand justice for their loved ones and an impartial investigation of the killing of nine forcibly abducted Baloch in a fake encounter in Ziarat by Pakistani forces Counter Terrorism Department (CTD). […]Read More

Balochistan: Stall selling Pakistani flags targeted, gas pipeline blown up

Faiz Baluch 5th August 2022

QUETTA: At least one person died and many others have been wounded in a hand grenade attack on a stall set up to sell Pakistani flags in Balochistan’s capital city Quetta on Thursday. Earlier on August 3, 2022, a gas pipeline was blown up in the Mach area of Balochistan. The spokesperson of the Baloch […]Read More

Balochistan: Students announced to continue protest against abduction of colleagues

Faiz Baluch 17th November 2021

QUETTA: Various Student Organisations from Balochistan University in a joint press conference announced to reignite their protests as the government failed to meet their demands after a four-day ultimatum. The students have been protesting against the abduction of their two colleagues by Pakistani security forces from the premises of the University of Balochistan in Quetta […]Read More

Islamabad authorities threaten to forcibly remove Baloch Missing Persons protest

Faiz Baluch 19th February 2021

ISLAMABAD: Families of enforced disappearances continue to sit on D-Chowk where the Islamabad administration and police have threatened the families of the disappeared to end the protest or their sit-in-camp will be forcibly removed. Sami Baloch, daughter of Dr Din Muhammad Baloch who has been missing for 12 years, tweeted they have been threatened by […]Read More

Balochistan: Pakistani forces abduct six people from Quetta and Harnai

Faiz Baluch 23rd August 2020

QUETTA: The Pakistani forces have carried out offensives in Quetta and Harnai districts of Balochistan and abducted at least six people including three brothers. According to details, Pakistani intelligence and police raided Goharabad and New Kahan areas of Quetta at 3 AM on Sunday morning and forcibly abducted two Marri Baloch from their homes. The […]Read More

Balochistan: Families protest for the release of their abducted loved

Faiz Baluch 30th June 2020

QUETTA: On the 11th anniversary of the forcible abduction of Dr Deen Mohammad Baloch, a protest rally was organised by the families of the abductees on Sunday and protest demonstration was also recorded in front of the Quetta Press Club. The Voice for Baloch Missing Persons had announced on the completion of Dr Deen Muhammad […]Read More

Balochistan: Ex-CM says death squads are still active and dangerous

Faiz Baluch 22nd June 2020

QUETTA: A protest rally was organised in the capital of Balochistan on Sunday under the auspices of Bramsh [Baloch] Solidarity Committee Shawl (Quetta). A large number of women and children, including leaders of pro-Pakistani parliamentarian parties and Pashtun Protection Movement, participated in the demonstration in front of the Press Club in Quetta to express their […]Read More

Balochistan: Senior sub-editor wounded in firing by unknown assailants

Faiz Baluch 31st August 2019

QUETTA: Unknown armed men fire upon a senior sub-editor of Daily Azadi Quetta on Wednesday leaving him critically wounded. According to details, the journalist was on his way home at the end of his routine work when unknown armed assailants opened fire at him on Kirani Road Quetta. The victim Jamil Ahmad is the senior […]Read More

Balochistan: Four including two girls injured in acid attack

Faiz Baluch 24th July 2019

QUETTA: Four female including two girls with serious burnt wounds were hospitalised in Quetta – the capital city of Balochistan on Tuesday. According to details, unknown assailants barged into a house and splashed acids at victims in Mengal Abad in Saryab Road area of Quetta and fled the scene. The local authorities confirmed that two […]Read More