ISLAMABAD : Senator Samina Mumtaz Zehri has urged the United Nations to officially designate the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) as a global terrorist organization, warning that the militant group is exploiting the province’s poverty to recruit vulnerable youth and posing an escalating threat to regional and international stability. In an opinion piece titled “UN
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QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti has announced that the provincial government is deploying all available resources to provide relief and essential assistance to families affected by the recent earthquake in Kingri tehsil of Musakhel district. In a social media message, the chief minister acknowledged the hardships faced by affected families and assured
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QUETTA: Authorities in Balochistan have deployed over 32,000 security personnel and suspended mobile and internet services across multiple districts as part of a comprehensive security plan for Ashura processions, officials confirmed Friday. In the provincial capital Quetta alone, more than 17,000 security forces have been stationed along procession routes, at sensitive locations, and at
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QUETTA: The Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) has strongly condemned the violence and arrests targeting the peaceful procession, protest camp, and employees of the Balochistan Grand Alliance by the provincial government and police. In a press release issued by the party’s provincial secretariat, PKMAP criticized the police raid on the Grand Alliance protest camp
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QUETTA: A high-level grand jirga, convened by Frontier Corps Balochistan North, concluded with a strong consensus on fostering peace, security, and development in the region. The gathering in Nasirabad Division brought together key provincial leadership, military officials, and a large assembly of tribal elders. Governor Jaffar Khan Mandokhel, addressing the attendees, lauded tribal communities as
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QUETTA: Marking Universal Health Coverage Day, Balochistan’s Provincial Health Minister, Bakht Muhammad Kakar, declared that providing equitable health facilities to every citizen is a “collective responsibility” and outlined a series of ongoing “serious and decisive” reforms to transform the province’s neglected healthcare system. In a statement issued on Thursday, Minister Kakar credited the vision and
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