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05.07.2008
An appeal to the North American Baloch community
As we know due to brutal military operations after 2005 many innocent Bugti and Marri families are being forced to leave their towns and to become refugees in their own land. Having gone through very difficult times, the suffering continues with their miserable conditions with their innocent children.
According to a committed (volunteer) team of Baloch doctors who had set up a medical camp while back, they have provided free treatment and distributed medicine along with the help of Baloch National Front members. The team of doctors revealed they have discovered that there have been approximately five hundred families whom are facing severe diseases such as cancer, tuberculosis, malari... details >>
04.07.2008
Gas pipeline blown up in Dera Bugti
QUETTA, Pakistan, July 4 (APP) : Gas supply to a purification plant suspended after suspected unknown people blew up a 16-iunch diameter gas pipeline in Dera Bugti, police said Friday. According to reports, unknown people strapped explosive device with a pipeline which exploded destroying several feet long section of the pipeline. Separately, an electricity pylon was blown up at Rakhni some 100 kilometers from Loralai in Balochistan on Friday causing power disruption in Barkhan and other adjacent areas.
Motorcycle bomb kills one and left 15 injured
QUETTA, Pakistan, July 4 (AFP): A bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded at a crowded market in the Balochistan city of Quetta Fri... details >>
03.07.2008
Iran tells Pakistan to join hands against Baloch
LAHORE: Iran's prosecutor general urges Pakistan to take necessary measures to prevent Baloch freedom fighters from taking shelter in the country, Press TV reported on Wednesday.Qorban-Ali Dorri Najaf-Abadi said that Tehran had already cautioned Islamabad to take necessary steps to stop Pakistan-based Baloch who operate in Southeastern Iran.Abdolmalek Rigi, accused as the ringleader of the Jundallah is from western Balochistan, has claimed responsibility for the assassination of Ibrahim Karimi, the deputy prosecutor of Saravan city in Sistan-Balochistan.Jundullah, which operates in Iran's Sistan-Balochistan and Pakistan's Balochistan, has carried out a number of attacks against high profile ... details >>
03.07.2008
Traffic constable gunned down in Quetta FC soldier killed in attack on checkpost
QUETTA: A traffic police constable was shot dead when unidentified assailants opened fire at him on Jinnah Road in front of Saleem Medical Complex on Wednesday night, police told APP.The victim has been identified as Constable Muhammad Zaheer who was on duty when unidentified armed men targeted him. He was received severe bullet wounds on his head and died instantly. The assailants managed to flee. Police have cordoned off the area and started search of the attackers. In another incident, a police constable was injured when unidentified men hurled a hand grenade in the city police station on Wednesday, police said. Injured police constable Nisar Ahmed was on duty inside the police station ... details >>
03.07.2008
Balochistan’s Govt orders PPL, SSGCL told to reinstate employees
QUETTA, July 2: Balochistan Assembly Speaker Mohammad Aslam Bhootani on Wednesday directed the Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) and Sui Southern Gas Company Limited to reinstate their sacked engineers and employees in accordance with a resolution adopted by the assembly.The speaker also asked officials of the PPL and SSGCL to inform him about the matter within 10 days.The Balochistan Assembly had adopted a resolution, demanding that the PPL and the SSGCL should reinstate the 10 engineers and 53 other employees sacked by them.LoadsheddingThe Quetta Electric Supply Company (Qesco) has announced 14 hours of loadshedding in rural areas, citing serious power shortage because of closure of a priva... details >>
02.07.2008
Power supply Suspended in Mastung and Kalat
QUETTA, July 1: Power supply to Mastung, Kalat and Quetta was suspended after a pylon of the 132-KV Quetta-Mastung transmission line in the Mianghundi area was blown up.A spokesman for the Quetta Electric Supply Company (Qesco) said some people planted high explosives under the pylon and blew it up early in the morning. The Bomb Disposal Squad detonated a landmine near the explosion location during search.
The power supply was restored in Quetta, but remained suspended in other areas.
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02.07.2008
Baloch Liberation armies graffiti surfaces on Karachi walls
* BLA uses wall-tagging to spread its message of a separate BalochistanBy Faraz KhanKARACHI: Graffiti signed off as BLA has surfaced on the walls of the city. The Balochistan Liberation Army is an entity that goes by BLA. In some Baloch-dominated areas, the spray-painted message had an oddly poetic separatist agenda: ‘Islam hamara mazhab, Baloch hamari qaum, Balochistan hamara watan, azadi hamari manzil’ [Islam is our religion, Baloch is our nationality, Balochistan is our nation and freedom is our destiny]. Another one said: ‘Hamain Pakistan nahi, azad Balochistan chahiyea. Yahudi jamoria Pakistan namanzoor’ [We want an independent Balochistan, not Pakistan. A democratic Jewish Pakistan i... details >>
02.07.2008
Balochistan refuses to accept new IGP
QUETTA, July 1: Balochistan has refused to accept the appointment of senior police officer Syed Irshad Hussain as the new Inspector General of Police.According to sources, a meeting of coalition partners held here on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani discussed the issue of law and order and appointment of the new IG by the federal government.“The coalition partners endorsed Mr Raisani’s proposal of not accepting Syed Irshad Hussain as the new IGP of Balochistan.”Adviser to the Prime Minis-ter on Interior Rehman Malik is reported to be insisting on the appointment of Mr Hussain.After his appointment by the federal government, Mr Hussain arri... details >>
30.06.2008
Balochistan: Blast damages Sui-Och gas pipeline
QUETTA: Unidentified persons damaged the Sui-Och gas pipeline in the Chathar area of Dera Murad Jamali affecting gas supply to the Och power plant, Dera Murad Jamali police told APP. The men had planted explosives under the pipeline supplying gas from the Sui town of Dera Bugti to the Och power plant in Nasirabad district, damaging a three-feet segment of the 26-inch-diameter pipeline. Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC) sources said that the power supply from the plant would be affected and gas supply to Punjab and Sindh have been reduced.Later Spokesman of Baloch Republican Army Mr. Sarbaz Baloch claimed responsibility of the attack via phone call from undisclosed location.... details >>
30.06.2008
Govt to take up Hayerbiar, Zamran Marri issue in Pak-UK meeting
* Both nationals wanted over charges of supporting terrorist networks in Balochistan By Tahir Niaz ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government is seeking the early repatriation of its nationals including Hayerbiar and Zamran Marri – accused of involvement in anti-state activities and providing financial support to various terrorist networks in Balochistan – from the United Kingdom (UK) to face trial in Pakistan, sources said on Sunday.The sources told Daily Times that Pakistan has made a fresh appeal in this regard to UK authorities through the Foreign Office. The issue of the early repatriation of Pakistani nationals Hayerbiar Marri, Zamran Marri and others would now be taken up during the meeting o... details >>
30.06.2008
Roads in Khuzdar renamed after Bugti, Balach
KHUZDAR: Khuzdar tehsil Nazim Muhammad Asif Badini announced on Sunday that the main road from Do Talwar to Azadi Chawk would be renamed after Nawab Akbar Bugti and Hospital Road would be renamed after Nawabzada Balach Marri. Tehsil Naib Nazim Muhammad Khan Mengal and Baloch nationalist leaders were present when the tehsil administration erected boards, renaming the roads after the late Baloch nationalist leaders. app
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008 630story_30-6-2008_pg7_10... details >>
29.06.2008
BA protests dam project endangering Hindu temple
* MPA claims construction of dam violation of another WB-funded project* BA moves resolution to reinstate sacked Bugti employees at oil and gas companiesBy Malik Siraj Akbar QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly (BA) on Saturday unanimously demanded the federal government, through a parliamentary resolution, cancel construction plans for a dam on Hangol River in order to avoid damage to a historical Hindu temple.Balochistan Minister for Irrigation and Power Sardar Muhammad Aslam Bizenjo along with several other provincial ministers moved a joint resolution on the floor of the BA against construction of the dam. The ministers told the House that the federal government was planning to construct a d... details >>
26.06.2008
Balochistan: Gasline blown up, shells fired at Sui
Quetta: Baloch republican armed froces blew up a 20-inch gas pipeline in Dera Bugti tehsil of Sui, while three mortar shells were fired at the Sui city army cant on Wednesday causing number of death to the army personal stationed there and several army trucks burned due to the fire erupted hitting a petrol pump used by Pakistani army. Gas supplies were disrupted to many cities due to the attack. According to a report, Sui Gas officials said repair work on the affected gas pipeline had been jumpstarted and would be completed in 24 hours.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008 626story_26-6-2008_pg7_11... details >>
26.06.2008
Afghans See Pakistan Role in Karzai Plot
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan government for the first time publicly accused the Pakistani intelligence service on Wednesday of organizing the failed plot to assassinate President Hamid Karzai at a parade in Kabul in April.
In a news conference in Kabul, Sayeed Ansari, the spokesman for the Afghan intelligence service, said Afghan authorities had evidence of the direct involvement of Pakistan’s premier intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence, or ISI, in the assassination attempt.
He said the evidence consisted of documents uncovered during the investigation into the assassination attempt, confessions from 16 suspects detained after the attack and cellphone contacts. He gave no ... details >>
25.06.2008
Blast suspends rail traffic in Quetta 2 power pylons blown up in kohlu
QUETTA: A railway track in Saryab area of Quetta hit by a blast caused suspension of rail traffic on Wednesday. According to sources, unknown persons planted an explosive at Quetta-Sibi section that went off today heavily damaged the part of the track. The rail traffic has been suspended after the blast.
Unidentified men in Manjra village of Kohlu district have blown up two electricity pylons on Tuesday morning.It has been known that the blast had damaged the pylons completely, and caused suspension in power supply to the village and some other parts of the district.
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