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Four killed in Dera Murad Jamali, Noshki firing

by Ali Jan Mangi in Dawn, July 31st, 2023DERA MURAD JAMALI: Four people were gunned down by unknown armed men in separate incidents in Dera Murad Jamali and Noshki areas of Balochistan on Sunday. According to the police, unknown armed men opened fire on Auraz Muhammad Jattak, who succumbed to his injuries in Ward No 40 of Dera Murad Jamali. The assailants managed to escape from the scene. In another incident, Noor Ahmed was killed…

At least four soldiers martyred as militants attack Zhob Garrison

report in The Express Tribune online, July 12, 2023ZHOB, BALOCHISTAN: Four security personnel were martyred by terrorists on Wednesday in an early morning attack on the Zhob Garrison in Norther Balochistan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) reported. The military’s media wing further stated that five soldiers were critically injured. “Initial attempt of terrorists to sneak into the facility was checked by soldiers on duty,” the ISPR said, adding that the terrorists were soon after cornered…

Ex-minister’s relative, cop shot dead in Balochistan

by Behram Baloch in Dawn, June 11th, 2023GWADAR: Armed men gunned down the brother-in-law of a former provincial minister as well as a senior police officer on Saturday. Abdul Qayyum Buledi was shot dead by men riding a motorcycle while he was sitting outside his home. “Qayyum Buledi died on the spot after receiving multiple bullet injuries,” a Levies official said. He was brother-in-law of Zahoor Buledi, an ex-finance minister of Balochistan…. In another incident,…

Ex-minister’s relative, cop shot dead in Balochistan

by Behram Baloch in Dawn, June 11th, 2023GWADAR: Armed men gunned down the brother-in-law of a former provincial minister as well as a senior police officer on Saturday. Abdul Qayyum Buledi was shot dead by men riding a motorcycle while he was sitting outside his home. “Qayyum Buledi died on the spot after receiving multiple bullet injuries,” a Levies official said. He was brother-in-law of Zahoor Buledi, an ex-finance minister of Balochistan…. In another incident,…

Three children killed in Chaman blast:

Report in The News, April 15, 2023QUETTA: As many as three children lost their lives in Balochistan’s Chaman district on Friday when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in the Rehman Kahol area near the Afghan border. According to Levies sources, the blast took place in an abandoned house where children were playing. While two of the children were killed instantly, the third child passed away while being taken to the hospital. The heirs of…

Four terrorists killed in security forces operations:

Report in The News, April 10, 2023RAWALPINDI: Two soldiers were martyred and four terrorists were killed in three separate encounters in South Waziristan and Balochistan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Sunday. A fire exchange took place between the Pakistan Army troops and terrorists in the Razmak area of North Waziristan on Saturday. The troops effectively engaged the terrorists’ location and a terrorist was killed. Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed…

Riverine gangs

Editorial in Dawn, March 11th, 2023THE riverine areas where the borders of Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan meet have long been a haven for criminal gangs, and frequent armed operations by the state have failed to permanently dislodge the outlaws from their redoubts. Yet another operation is being planned, this time by the Sindh government, to address the problem of criminal gangs in the upper reaches of the province. The Sindh cabinet on Thursday decided that…

IS claims responsibility for Bolan attack

report in The Express Tribune, Mar 8, 2023QUETTA: Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing attack in Balochistan that left nine policemen dead on Monday, according to the SITE Intelligence Group. At least nine personnel of the Balochistan Constabulary embraced martyrdom and 13 others were injured on Monday after a suicide bomber riding an explosives-laden motorbike struck a police truck on the Sukkur-Quetta Highway in the Bolan district — about 120km from Quetta. The…

At least nine martyred, six injured in attack on security forces in Balochistan

report in The Express Tribune, Feb 6, 2023QUETTA: At least nine security personnel were martyred and six injured in an explosion near a truck of the Balochistan Constabulary in the Bolan district of Balochistan on Monday. According to Levies officials, the explosion occurred at the Kambri bridge on the Quetta-Sibi highway and targeted a vehicle of security forces. Superintendent of Police (SP) Bolan Mehmood Notizai said that the explosion could have been a suicide attack.…

India’s alarming expansion in Afghanistan

by Jan Achakzai in The News, March 6th, 2023The writer is a geopolitical analyst, a Balochistan politician and a former media and strategic communications advisor to GOB.The burgeoning relationship between the Taliban and India is sure to raise eyebrows in the region, particularly in China and Pakistan, who have heavily invested in Afghanistan’s peace, security and economic development. For the region as a whole, which has legitimate interests in Afghanistan, this move is likely to…

Balochistan, On the Boil

Edit in Daily Times, Mar 1, 2023In stark contravention to what our constitution teaches us, the sanctity of some lives matters more than others in this holy motherland. If not, three separate attacks sending shockwaves across Balochistan would have been enough to overwhelm the attention of lawmakers all of yesterday. However, business was as usual with the exception of sparse mentions here and there. Four coal miners were targetted in Khost; a Levies man was…