by Imran Gabol in Dawn, Dec 20th, 2023LAHORE: Thousands of people joined the Baloch Yakjehti Council (BYC) marchers on Tuesday as they reached Taunsa Sharif on Tuesday, protesting against alleged extrajudicial killings. The marchers plan to spend the night in Taunsa Sharif and will decide whether to continue their long march to Islamabad on Wednesday. Previously, the protesters held a sit-in in DG Khan and blocked Globe Square, demanding transport for their onward journey. Their…
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by Behram Baloch in Dawn, Dec 18, 2023GWADAR: A labourer was killed and two others were injured when some armed men attacked them in Turbat area of Kech district on Sunday. According to police, some unidentified armed men on motorcycles opened fire on the workers carrying out construction work. As a result of the firing, three labourers were seriously wounded. After receiving information, law enforcement personnel rushed to the area and shifted the injured to…
by Tariq Saeed Birmani | Saleem Shahid in Dawn, Dec 18th, 2023DERA GHAZI KHAN/QUETTA: Police conducted a crackdown and detained “at least 20 participants, including women”, who joined the long march against the alleged “extra-judicial killings” by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in Turbat, Balochistan, as it entered the city on Sunday. According to details, the long march of the Baloch Yakjehti Council (BYC), led by Mohammad Asif Laghari and originating from Balochistan, was intercepted…
by Behram Baloch in Dawn, December 7th, 2023GWADAR: Following a two-week protest in Turbat against the alleged extra judicial killing of Balaach Mola Bakhsh, the family, political party members, and civil society workers have decided to relocate their sit-in to Quetta. The protest concluded in Turbat on Tuesday after which participants began their march towards Quetta. Locals in Hoshab welcomed the protesters, with more individuals joining the march from the are. Carrying placards and banners,…
by Behram Baloch in Dawn, Nov 29th, 2023GWADAR: A comprehensive shutter down and wheel jam strike was observed throughout the Makran division on Tuesday in protest against the alleged extrajudicial killing of Balaach Mola Bakhsh during an intelligence-based operation on Pasni road in Turbat. The protest against the alleged extrajudicial killing has now entered its sixth day. The call for the shutdown and wheel jam strike was issued by the Baloch Yakjehti Council (BYC) in…
by Behram Baloch in Dawn, November 24th, 2023GWADAR: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) said on Thursday it had killed four suspected terrorists in an intelligence-based operation in the Turbat town of Balochistan’s Kech district. According to a CTD spokesperson, the operation was launched based on intelligence indicating the presence of the individuals near a bus terminal on Pasni Road. As the CTD’s team approached the site, the armed people launched an attack using automatic weapons and…
report in The News,October 15, 2023QUETTA/MULTAN: Six labourers were martyred while asleep and two wounded after gunmen targeted them in an overnight attack in Turbat, officials said. According to police, unidentified gunmen targeted the labourers sleeping in an under-construction house. The deceased, who included four family members, among them two brothers, have been identified as Rizwan, Shehbaz, Waseem, Shafiq Ahmed, Mohammad Naeem and Sikander. Ghulam Mustafa and Tauheed were injured in the attack. Expressing condolences…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, Sept 17th, 2023QUETTA: Hundreds of thousands of people, including workers and supporters of the National Party, Haq Do Tehreek, and other parties, participated in a protest rally and staged a sit-in in Turbat town against the ban on trade activities at the Pak-Iran border areas on Saturday. Party leaders, workers and supporters marched in Turbat town, taking to various roads and streets while carrying placards and banners inscribed with their…
Report in The News, June 25, 2023TURBAT: One policeman was martyred and a woman constable sustained injuries in a suicide blast in the Turbat district of Balochistan, Geo News reported quoting a senior official on Saturday. The deputy commissioner of Kech district said the woman suicide bomber blew herself up on Commissioner Road in the city. A vehicle of security forces was also damaged in the explosion, he added. Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Quddus Bizenjo…