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03.02.2012
Gas pipeline blown up in Dera Bugti
QUETTA: Unidentified people blew up an 8-inch diameter gas pipeline in Pirkoh area of Dera Bugti on Thursday. According to official sources, unidentified miscreants attached an explosive device with the gas pipeline, which was supplying natural gas from well number 15 to a purification plant. As a result of the blast, a portion of the pipeline was blown up and gas supply to the purification plant was suspended. A heavy contingent of security forces reached the spot and cordoned off the area. Soon after the incident, repair work of the damaged pipeline was started. However, no loss of life was reported.
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02.02.2012
Balochistan: BLA kills 15 soldiers near Quetta
* Militants attack four FC checkposts near Margat coalmine* Forces launch massive search, recover seven bodiesBy Mohammad Zafar QUETTA: At least 15 personnel of the Frontier Corps (FC) were killed and 12 others were injured when Baloch militants attacked four FC checkposts near Margat coalmines.The banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attack and termed the deadly attack a reaction to the killings of grand daughter and great-grand daughter of Nawab Akbar Bugti.The incident took place late on Tuesday night and exchange of fire lasted for more than five hours. “Assailants armed with sophisticated and small weapons opened fire on security personnel deployed at four ... details >>
31.01.2012
Balochistan lawmaker’s wife, daughter assassinated
Karachi: At least seven persons, including wife and daughter of a Balochistan Assembly lawmaker, were shot dead in a fresh outbreak of violence here. The wife, daughter and driver of the sitting MPA from Sibi in the Baluchistan province, Mir Bakht Yar Domki, were gunned down late last night near the Gizri bridge in the upmarket area of Clifton while they were going home. Domki is the grandson and his wife was the grand daughter of the late Baluch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, who was killed by security forces in 2005 while he was underground due to a clean up operation by the government in the province to combat terrorism.
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31.01.2012
'Pak military initiated brutal operation in Bugti areas of Balochistan'
Quetta, Jan 31 (ANI): Pakistan's military has reportedly started a brutal operation in the Bugti areas of Balochistan.
According to the Sri Lanka Guardian, Pakistan's military is conducting a wide operation with the help of gunship helicopters and fighter jets in Sui,Gopat,Pirkoh,Uch and adjacent areas.
Three, including a woman, have reportedly been killed, while over 15 Baloch villagers have been critically injured.
The Baloch Republican Party's (BRP) central spokesman Mir Sher Mohammad Bugti said in a statement that the occupying forces have intensified military operations in Balochistan after the concerns expressed by the American State Department on genocide of the B... details >>
29.01.2012
Occupied Balochistan: Iranian terrorist army kills eight innocent Baloch traders
By Nissar Hoath
RAS AL KHAIMAH Iranian forces have killed eight border traders and injured another in the early hours of Thursday northeast of Chabahar port city on Pakistan border.
According to reports reaching here, six cattle traders from Pakistani side of Balochistan after delivering cows to their customers in Iranian Balochistan province were returning when they were chased and fired upon by the Pasdaran Forces of Iran, killing them all instantly. Four other travelers in two four-wheel drives form Bahu Kalat and Dashtiyari sub-districts north of Chabahar also came under fire, killing two of them instantly while fourth sustaining severe injuries,Both Iran and Pakistan have a treaty all... details >>
26.01.2012
QUETTA: Gunmen stormed a checkpost before dawn on Thursday, killing six soldiers, snatching their weapons and escaping in Balochistan province, officials said.
Up to a dozen Baloch rebels attacked the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) post in the district of Dera Bugti, about 400 kilometres (250 miles) southeast of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan that borders Afghanistan and Iran.
“The attackers came before dawn and opened fire on the soldiers after encircling the checkpost. All six soldiers were killed on the spot,” a senior security official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Another security official confirmed the attack and said that about a dozen gunmen were involved in the attack.
“They came on motorcycles and took away all the weapons after killing all the six FC men,” he said.
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23.01.2012
Heavy snow blankets Balochistan
By Mohammad ZafarQUETTA: Heavy snowfall continued on the second day in major parts of the central and northern Balochistan on Sunday, as the mountains surrounding the Quetta Valley wore a blanket of snow to the delight of the people, mostly growers and owners of orchards.Heavy snowfall was reported in Quetta, Kalat, Surab, Mastung, Ziarat, Duki, Sanjavi, Chamman, Kuchlak, Tuba Achakzai, Kojak Top and adjoining areas. Two feet of snowfall was recorded in Ziarat with temperature dropping to minus 13 degree Celsius, while the temperature in Quetta remained minus 10 degree Celsius.There was a major breakdown of electricity in the provincial capital on Sunday night, which disrupted normal life. A... details >>
23.01.2012
NP protests extra-judicial, custodial killings
QUETTA: The National Party staged protest demonstrations in major parts of Balochistan on Sunday against the lawlessness, extra-judicial and custodial killings of political opponents, enforced disappearances and gross violation of human rights in the province. A score of protesting leaders and workers of the NP staged a demonstration outside the Quetta Press Club and chanted slogans against the government for its failure to retain peace in the province. They were carrying placards and banners inscribed with the slogans like “Stop throwing mutilated bodies of Baloch political activists”. Addressing the protesters, NP leaders Jan Mohammad Buleidai, Sardar Kamal Khan Bangulzai, Mohim Khan Baloc... details >>
23.01.2012
Balochistan: ASI shot dead in Quetta
QUETTA: An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) was gunned down on Sunday by unidentified assailants in the Zarghonabad area of the city. According to DIG (Operations) Nazir Khurd, unidentified armed men opened fire on a police van of the Zarghonabad Police Station. He said that ASI Habibullah got shot in the incident and died on his way to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH). Police have registered a case against unidentified men and an investigation is underway.
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21.01.2012
Gas pipeline blown up in Pir Koh
QUETTA: Unidentified militants blew up a 16-inch diameter gas pipeline near Pir Koh area in Dera Bugti on Friday. According to the sources, an explosive device was planted on a gas pipeline, which went off with a big bang disrupting gas supply from the wells no 15 and 17 to the gas purification plant. The law enforcement agencies rushed to the spot soon after the explosion and cordoned off the area to organise efforts to repair the damaged pipeline. Police have registered a case against unidentified men and started an investigation.
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18.01.2012
Balochistan: Baloch killing continues, two more bullet riddle bodies found
QUETTA: A bullet-riddled body was found near Sorap Dam area of Panjgur district, some 700 kilometres from Quetta on Tuesday. According to the Balochistan Levies, some passers-by spotted the body and informed them. They shifted the body to the District Headquarters Hospital Panjgur for an autopsy. The victim was identified as Munir Ahmed, and had been missing for the last six days. “The body had bullet wounds,” sources said. The family members said that they had no enmity with anyone. Another mutilated body was found dumped in a gunny bag on Monday and had been identified as that of Muhammad Azeem Sasoli, a resident of Surab area of Kalat district. Sasoli had been missing for the last one yea... details >>
17.01.2012
‘Hundreds of children, women missing in Balochistan’
KarachiAs many as 14,362 people, including 150 women, have “disappeared” in Balochistan since 2001, and 370 mutilated bodies have been found in different parts of the volatile province so far.The News learnt of these statistics from Qadeer Baloch, vice president of Voice for Baloch Missing Persons, on Monday.Sitting in a camp in front of the Karachi Press Club (KPC) since January 1 to protest against the “disappearances” of Baloch people, Qadeer said about 250,000 people from Marri and Bugti areas had migrated to other provinces and even to Afghanistan since their lives were in danger.The Voice for Baloch Missing Persons has so far organised three protest camps outside the KPC, two in Islama... details >>
16.01.2012
US urges Pakistan to hold dialogue on Balochistan
WASHINGTON: The US has urged Pakistan to “really lead and conduct a dialogue that takes the Balochistan issue forward”, says the US State Department.
State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland addressed the issue in a “twitter-briefing” that the department holds every Friday, allowing people from around the world to tweet their questions to her.
“This was a very popular question on our feed, so we wanted to make sure that we answered it today,” said Ms Nuland who focused on the violence plaguing Balochistan instead of tackling political issues raised in most of the tweets.
“The United States is deeply concerned about the ongoing violence in Balochistan, especially targeted killings, di... details >>
14.01.2012
Two bullet-riddled bodies found in Chagai
QUETTA: Two bullet-riddled bodies were found in Yak Mach and Shakar Aab areas of Chagai district on Friday. According to the Balochistan Levies, some passers-by spotted the bodies and informed the officials. Levies officials rushed to the spot and bodies were shifted to the nearby hospital. “The victims had bullet wounds in the head,” an official said, adding that the identities of deceased are still not known. However, an investigation has been launched by the Balochistan Levies into the incident.
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12.01.2012
14 FC men killed in ambush off Turbat
QUETTA: At least 14 security personnel, including two junior commissioned officers, were killed in an ambush in the Wakai area near Nawano checkpost, 100 kilometers off Turbat city on Wednesday night. Sources in Balochistan Levies said that a group of armed men attacked two vehicles of Frontier Corps (FC) in the mountainous area, which is about 50 kilometers off Buleida. The assailants first fired rockets at the vehicles. The security personnel were engaged in clearing the area from landmines when they came under the attack, sources said, adding, “14 security officials, including two junior commissioned officers, were killed.” There were no reports of any causality on the side of the attacke... details >>
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