Balochistan: News

26 Mar 2024

Islamabad

Pakistan: 5 Chinese engineers, local driver killed in suicide attack

Five Chinese nationals and their local driver lost their lives in a suicide bomb attack in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday.

07 Feb 2024

Pakistan Government

Pakistan: 26 killed in twin blasts on eve of election 

Two bomb explosions have killed at least 26 people in Pakistan's Balochistan province on the eve of general elections.

20 Jan 2024

Pakistan News

Pakistan, Iran agree to 'de-escalate' tensions days after exchanging airstrikes

Pakistan and Iran have agreed to de-escalate tensions following tit-for-tat missile strikes between the two countries this week.

18 Jan 2024

Pakistan News

Pakistan retaliates, hits Iran targets; 9 killed in airstrikes

Pakistan on Thursday struck targets in Iran, a day after warning Tehran of "serious consequences" following its missile attacks on the terrorist group Jaish al-Adl's headquarters in Balochistan, reports said.

04 Nov 2023

Pakistan News

Pakistan: Suicide bombers attack Mianwali Airbase, 3 terrorists killed

Heavily armed suicide bombers attacked the Mianwali Training Air Base of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) in Pakistan's Punjab late Friday night, per Reuters.

01 Oct 2023

Pakistan News

Pakistan minister blames India for Balochistan blast; death toll rises

Pakistan's Interior Minister Sarfaraz Bugti has blamed India's Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) intelligence agency for a suicide blast in Balochistan's Mastung district in Pakistan on Friday, Reuters reported.

29 Sep 2023

Pakistan News

Pakistan: At least 52 killed in 'suicide blast' in Balochistan

At least 52 individuals were reportedly killed, while more than 50 others suffered injuries in an alleged "suicide blast" on Friday near the Madina Masjid in Balochistan's Mastung district in Pakistan.

25 Sep 2023

Pakistan News

Why silent on Karima Baloch: Trudeau cornered over Nijjar quagmire

Amid the diplomatic row between India and Canada over the killing of Khalistani extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the Baloch Human Rights Council of Canada (BHRC) has accused Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of double standards.

13 Aug 2023

Pakistan Government

Pakistan: Chinese workers' convoy attacked, 2 terrorists killed

A convoy of Chinese engineers reportedly came under attack from armed rebels in the Balochistan province of Pakistan on Sunday.

16 Mar 2023

Pakistan News

Pakistan now world's most terror-hit country: Global Terrorism Index

Pakistan has surpassed Afghanistan as the country with the highest number of terrorist attacks and deaths in South Asia, according to the annual Global Terrorism Index (GTI) report published by Institute for Economics and Peace.

06 Mar 2023

Bomb Attack

Pakistan: 9 cops killed, 15 injured in Balochistan suicide attack

In yet another suicide bomb attack in Pakistan, nine police personnel were killed and at least 15 others were wounded in Balochistan's Bolan on Monday.

29 Jan 2023

Pakistan News

Pakistan: Karachi-bound bus falls into ravine in Balochistan, 41 dead

At least 41 people were killed and several others were injured in Pakistan when a speeding passenger coach fell into a ravine in Lasbela district's Bela area in the southwestern Balochistan province in the early hours of Sunday.

23 Jan 2023

Pakistan News

Pakistan: Massive power outage hits major cities; here's what happened

Pakistan faced a major power outage on Monday (January 23) following a major breakdown in the country's National Grid system, reported Reuters.

05 Jan 2023

Weird Stories

Pakistani man with 3 wives and 60 children, wants more

Someone's on a baby-producing spree!

30 Nov 2022

Pakistan News

Pakistan: 2 dead, 24 injured in suicide blast in Quetta

Two people lost their lives, while 24 others suffered multiple injuries in a suicide bomb attack in the Baleli area of Quetta near Balochistan province of Pakistan on Wednesday.

27 Apr 2022

Karachi

Shari Baloch: Highly-educated Karachi suicide bomber and mother of two

Some gripping details are emerging about the explosion at Pakistan's Karachi University that killed four people, including three Chinese nationals.

Pakistan: Suicide attack kills 3 in Quetta; TTP claims responsibility

A suicide bomber on a motorcycle blew himself up in Pakistan's Quetta on Sunday, killing at least three and injuring 20 others.

01 Jun 2021

Pakistan Army

Balochistan terror attacks: Four paramilitary soldiers killed, eight injured

Terrorists attacked a Pakistani security post and later targeted a military vehicle carrying an improvised explosive device (IED), killing at least four paramilitary soldiers and injuring eight others in the restive South-western province of Balochistan, the Pakistani Army said.

11 May 2019

Pakistan News

Pakistan: Heavily-armed terrorists attack five-star hotel in Balochistan's Gwadar

Heavily armed terrorists have reportedly stormed a five-star hotel in the port city of Gwadar in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province.

12 Apr 2019

Pakistan News

Pakistan: Explosion in Quetta kills 16, including two children

16 people, including two children, were killed in a bombing in Pakistan's Quetta region on Friday, local media reports said. The bomb exploded at a fruit and vegetable market near Quetta's Hazarganji.

15 Dec 2018

Pakistan News

6 Pakistani soldiers killed as terrorists target convoy in Balochistan

At least six Pakistani soldiers were killed and 14 injured in a bomb blast yesterday, when terrorists targeted their convoy in the strife-torn Balochistan province.

23 Oct 2018

Pakistan News

Pakistan: Seven charred to death as van collides with truck

A van carrying smuggled petrol collided with a truck on Tuesday in Pakistan's Balochistan province, killing at least seven persons and burning three cars parked nearby and a police check post, authorities said.

10 Aug 2018

Pakistan News

Was 'abducted by security forces' for vote-rigging: Pakistan poll official

A Presiding Officer of a polling station in Washuk district of Pakistan's Balochistan province has claimed he was "abducted by security forces which forced him to submit the fabricated votes" in favor of Muttahida Majlis Amal (MMA) candidate.

08 Aug 2018

Pakistan News

Pakistan: Two girls' schools burnt down by unidentified persons

Two more girls' schools were burnt down yesterday by unidentified persons in Pakistan's Pishin district of the Balochistan province.

25 Jul 2018

Pakistan News

Pakistan: 31 killed, 36 injured in violence on Election Day

At least 31 people were killed, including 28 in a suicide-blast outside a polling station in Pakistan's Quetta city, and 36 others injured as violence erupted on the day of elections in Pakistan.

15 Jul 2018

Elections

Pakistan: Death-toll in Balochistan blast reaches 130; 20 in critical-condition

The death toll in Balochistan suicide blast targeting an election rally of Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) leader Siraj Raisani in Mastung area rose to 130 yesterday as two persons succumbed to their injuries, The Express Tribune reported.

18 May 2018

World

Pakistan: Major terror attack foiled, five suspected suicide bombers killed

Pakistani security forces today killed five suspected suicide bombers, apparently Afghan nationals, who tried to enter the FC Madadgar Center in Quetta and foiled a major terrorist attack in the troubled Balochistan province. Four soldiers were also injured.

16 Apr 2018

Pakistan News

Pakistan: Christian community launches protest against killing of two Christians

Leaders of the Christian community have launched a protest against the killing of two Christians near a church by four unidentified gunmen who opened fire at them in Pakistan's Balochistan province.

28 Feb 2018

Pakistan News

Pakistan showcases Gwadar as investment-destination. Will anyone invest in "climate-of-fear"?

Pakistan organized "Gwadar Expo" last month to showcase China's One Belt One Road project in Gwadar, the "crux" of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.

14 Feb 2018

Karachi

Karachi murder threatens to deter China's $50bn projects in Pakistan

Last week, Chen Zhu, MD of the Karachi unit of Shanghai-based Cosco Shipping Lines Co, was shot nine times near Zamzama Park, an upmarket area near diplomatic consulates.

27 Oct 2017

Pakistan News

Why is the Gwadar port important to China and Pakistan?

The Gwadar port located by the Arabian sea in Pakistan's Balochistan province is being developed by Pakistan in partnership with China.

05 Oct 2017

Pakistan News

Deadly blast in Pakistan's Balochistan shrine kills 12 people

A suicide bomb blast inside the Fatehpur shrine in the Jhal Magsi district of Pakistan's Balochistan province has claimed the lives of at least 12 people while injuring 25 others.

14 Sep 2017

India

India submits pleadings to ICJ over Kulbhushan Jadhav case

India has submitted its written pleadings or arguments to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which is hearing the Kulbhushan Jadhav case.

13 Nov 2016

Pakistan News

ISIS detonates bomb at a Pakistani shrine, 52 dead

Almost 52 people were killed and 100 injured in a bomb blast that took place at a Sufi shrine in Pakistan.

01 Oct 2016

India

Iran surprises Pakistan; fires mortar shells on Balochistan

As India carried out a surgical strike on Pakistan, its "brotherly" neighbor Iran surprised it by attacking the Iran-Pak border.