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The Latest Breaking News from Balochistan

Pakistan deploys paramilitary forces to rescue abducted footballers

Provincial authorities have deployed paramilitary forces to rescue six young players abducted in Balochistan province.

Al Jazeera · Sep 11, 2023

Baloch targeting Chinese to protect their territory, identity, says activist

Days after a convoy of Chinese engineers was attacked in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, a prominent Baloch activist justified the incident calling it an attempt by the indigenous people to protect their identity and land. Read further on Dynamite news:

Dynamite News · Aug 18, 2023

Who is Pakistan’s caretaker PM Kakar and what challenges lie ahead for him?

Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar is the youngest interim PM in Pakistan’s history and considered a relative newcomer in its politics.

Al Jazeera · Aug 15, 2023

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Pakistan security forces kill 2 after attack on Chinese convoy

The separatist Balochistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack on a convoy of Chinese workers.

Al Jazeera · Aug 13, 2023

Pakistan senator Anwar ul-Haq Kakar named caretaker PM ahead of vote

The little-known senator from Balochistan has been nominated to lead the country until its next general election.

Al Jazeera · Aug 12, 2023

‘Dead or alive’: Pakistani men trapped in coal mine since May 4

Families and rights groups condemn the government after whereabouts of the two men are not known in Balochistan.

Al Jazeera · Jun 1, 2023

The activists confronting period taboos in Pakistan

Facing threats and alienation, women push for menstrual awareness in a country where women’s health taboos limit rights.

Al Jazeera · May 28, 2023

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More than a dozen dead in Balochistan attack in Pakistan

A Frontier Corps camp in the restive area was attacked, killing at least 13 people.

Al Jazeera · May 13, 2023

Two Congo virus-related deaths cause alarm in Pakistan

A total of 16 cases found in Balochistan province since the beginning of the year, of which 11 were detected this month.

Al Jazeera · May 8, 2023

Police Chief Killed by Gunmen in Iran's Balochistan

An Iranian policeman and his wife were shot dead on Sunday by unknown gunmen in Balochistan province, bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan, according to Iranian media. Governor of Saravan Saeed Tajlili told Tasnim News Agency that Lieutenant Colonel Ali-Reza Shahraki had been assassinated inside his car at a crossroad in Saravan.…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 1, 2023

Pakistan suicide bomber kills 9 police officers

QUETTA, Pakistan: A suicide bomber killed nine police officers and wounded 16 others Monday in an attack on their truck in southwestern Pakistan, officials said.

Bangkok Post · Mar 6, 2023

Pakistan: 9 security personnel killed, 10 injured in suicide attack in Balochistan

Nine security personnel were killed and 10 others injured when a suicide bomber hit their vehicle in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Monday. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Mar 6, 2023

Civilian among nine killed in Pakistan suicide attack

Suicide bomber rams motorcycle into truck in Balochistan, killing eight members of a paramilitary force and a civilian.

Al Jazeera · Mar 6, 2023

Blast kills four at crowded market in Pakistan’s Balochistan

No group claimed responsibility for attack in Barkhan, about 500km east of the provincial capital Quetta.

Al Jazeera · Feb 26, 2023

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Reuters · Jan 29, 2023

Bus crash in southern Pakistan kills at least 41

More than 40 people were killed after a bus fell into a ravine and caught fire in the southern Pakistani province of Balochistan on Sunday, officials said.

Al Jazeera · Jan 20, 2023

Several injured as bomb blast derails passenger train in Pakistan

At least 13 injured after a bomb attack derails a train in Bolan district in Balochistan province, local official says.

Reuters · Jan 20, 2023

Blast derails train in southwest Pakistan, at least 8 injured -official

At least eight people were injured when a bomb blast derailed a passenger train in the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan on Friday, a local official said.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 19, 2023

Pakistan Demands Iran Hunt Down Terrorists Who Killed Four Soldiers

Pakistan requested Iran on Wednesday to hunt down terrorists who attacked and killed four soldiers near the southwestern borders of the country. Four Pakistani soldiers were killed while on patrol in Balochistan, according to officials. “Terrorists used Iranian soil to target a convoy of security forces patrolling along the border,”…

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Edinburgh Live · Jan 15, 2023

Edinburgh mum-of-two undertakes life saving work in Pakistan after devastating flood

Sandra Baldwin has been involved in helping administer foreign aid in some of the most pressing global disaster scenarios of the last decade and she is now set to use her expertise in Pakistan.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 11, 2022

Pakistan Says Afghan Forces Kill 6 Civilians in Cross-Border Fire

Heavy gunfire and artillery shelling by Afghan border forces killed six civilians across the border in Pakistan on Sunday and wounded another 17, the Pakistan army said. Pakistani troops retaliated at the Chaman border crossing in southwestern Balochistan province, the army said in a statement, without giving details of any…

Al Jazeera · Dec 7, 2022

Eight million may still be exposed to Pakistan floodwaters: UN

Pakistan saw record floods this summer after heavy monsoon rains and melting glaciers submerged one-third of country.

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2022

‘Fake encounters’ with Pakistani forces lead to torture and death

Outcry is growing in Balochistan over the number of people abducted by security officials who often disappear forever

Reuters · Oct 31, 2022

Alarmed by suicide attack, China and Pakistan work together on probe

It was the kind of attack Pakistani authorities had dreaded.

Al Jazeera · Oct 25, 2022

Gunmen kill policeman escorting polio vaccine worker in Pakistan

The attack in Balochistan province took place a day after the start of a new immunisation drive.

Dynamite News · Oct 15, 2022

Pakistan: Former Chief Justice Shot Dead Outside Mosque In Balochistan

A former high court chief justice of Pakistan's Balochistan province was shot dead outside a mosque on Friday, police officials said.Read more on Dynamite News:

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