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Balochistan gripped by protests

by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, December 24th, 2023QUETTA: Balochistan remained cut off with Sindh and Punjab for a second consecutive day on Saturday due to shuttered businesses, protest rallies, and sit-ins across the province. Highways were blocked, causing a complete halt to traffic. Demonstrations occurred in Turbat, Panjgur, Naal, Uthal, Hub, Gadani, Dera Bugti, D.G. Khan, and others, following a call from the Baloch Yakjehti Council (BYC) in solidarity with the long marchers. Turbat and…

Fazlur Rehman voices concern over winter polls in KP, Balochistan

by Shafiq Butt in Dawn, Oct 2nd, 2023SAHIWAL: While calling PTI Chai­rman Imran Khan’s return to power “out of question”, JUI-F emir Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday raised questions over holding elections in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtun­khwa at a time when they remain grip­­ped by intense winter. “It is out of the question that Imran, who is a product of a fake and bogus election, will return to power again,” Mr Rehman said. He was…

Ahmadiyya Villages: Gripped by fear, many fleeing homes

by Quamrul Islam Rubaiyat in The Daily Star, Mar 6, 2023People of the Ahmadiyya community in Panchagarh have been spending their days amid fears of further attacks by Islamist outfits. Many of them, especially the elderly, women and children, have already fled their houses and taken shelter in mosques, educational institutions or their relatives’ homes. They even took their cattle, household essentials and other valuables with them, villagers said. Ahmednagar, Shalsheri and Phultala — the…