|
06.10.2008
Mengal backs all options to secure Baloch rights
By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, Oct 5: Veteran Baloch nationalist leader Sardar Ataullah Mengal has stressed the need for using all options for securing the rights of people of Balochistan.Talking to a group of newsmen in his native town of Wadh on Sunday, he said that there should be a combination of parliamentary struggle and militant campaign against ‘usurpers of Baloch rights’.“The parliamentary struggle should not be left to enemies who can use provincial and national assemblies to pass laws against Baloch interests,” Mr Mengal said. He said that the enemies could be defeated by adopting all modes of struggles including political.He said it would be the most joyous moment for the Baloch peopl... details >>
01.10.2008
Four FC personnel killed by mine
QUETTA, Sept 30: Four security personnel were killed and five others injured by a landmine in Zain Koh area of Dera Bugti on Tuesday.According to sources, Frontier Corps personnel were on routine patrol when their vehicle hit what a police officer said was an anti-tank mine.FC troops deployed in the area rushed to the place and took the injured to the PPL hospital in Sui. The condition of three of the injured was said to be serious.The personnel killed were identified as Nazir Badshah, Dost Mohammad, Iqbal Shah and Tahmil Khan.After the incident, security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation in Zain Koh, Toba Nokhani and Gandpao.The Baloch Republican Army clai... details >>
29.09.2008
Balochistan govt drops 8 cases against Khair Baksh Marri
QUETTA: The government of Balochistan has dropped eight of the nine cases against Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Khair Bukhsh Marri and his son Hayr-byar Marri. Balochistan Chief Minister Aslam Raisani made an announcement in this regard on Monday.The only case in which Nawab Khair Bukhsh Marri is still involved relates to the murder of Justice Nawaz Marri. The move comes as part of the recompilation policy adopted by the PPP government after coming into power.Cheif minister Balochistan Aslam Raisani has dropped 8 out of 9 cases against Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Khair Baksh Marri and his son Hayr Byar Marri. Only 1 case is against him that is (Justice Nawaz Mari murder) who was killed... details >>
29.09.2008
Baloch leader condemns military operations
By Amanullah Kasi
National Party Chief Senator Dr. Malik Baloch has condemned the escalation of military operation in Dera Bugti in which innocent people were killed or wounded and alleged that the security forces was once again bleeding the Balochs.
In a statement here on Monday he said though the government was changed, the establishment was still reluctant to change the behaviour against the Baloch people.
Malik Baloch regretted that the apologetic statements of the rulers and the assurances of the government to stop the military operation and empower the provinces to control their resources were just hollow slogans to deceive the Balochs.
The National Party leader stressed upon t... details >>
29.09.2008
Baloch and Sindhi Leaders met with US lawmakers
Baloch and Sindhi Leaders met with US lawmakers to highlight the Pakistan's human right violations in Sindh and Balochistan.
WASHINGTON DC: Sept. 27, 2008. Dr. Wahid Baloch, President of Baloch Society of North America and Dr.Safdar Sarki, leader of World Sindhi Congress and renowned Human Right activist, spent a very busy day at the Capitol Hill meeting with US Senators and Congressmen to highlight the Baloch and Sindhi plitghts. They met with several US Lawmakers and brought into their attention the grave human right violations in Sindh and Balochistan.Dr.Wahid Baloch presented a letter to the Lawmakers with photos, facts and figures about the ongoing military operation a... details >>
29.09.2008
25 tribesmen, 3 FC personnel killed
By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, Sept 28: At least 25 tribesmen and three Frontier Corps personnel were killed in two days of fighting in Gundoai area of Dera Bugti district.Sources said rocket launchers, mortars and heavy machine-guns were used in the fighting which had begun on Saturday and continued till Sunday afternoon.“We have information that 25 militants have been killed in two days of fighting,” a security official said.He said three FC men had been killed and a dozen others injured. He said the injured personnel had been brought to the Combined Military Hospital in the provincial capital.“Gundoai area has been cleared,” official sources said, adding that a huge quantity of arms ... details >>
28.09.2008
Dera Bugti heavy fighting continues since last 3 days
QUETTA: At least seven militants and two FC personnel were killed and four others suffered injuries in a gun battle between security forces and militants in Dera Bugti district on Saturday.
According to reports, over two dozen people have been killed from both sides. However, official sources confirmed the killing of only nine persons, including two security personnel of the Frontier Corps in the day-long battle.
“Two FC men were killed and four injured in the fighting,” a senior official told Dawn, adding that they had information about the killing of seven militants.
The security forces said they destroyed two militant camps and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition.
Sources sa... details >>
27.09.2008
Quetta: One woman killed, one injured by security forces’ firing
September 27, 2008
QUEETA: Pakistani Security forces opens indiscriminate fires on civilians’ kills’ one woman while her brother sustains sever injures another passerby injured during a routine checking here on Friday.According to eye witnesses the polices ordered the driver to stop, due to high speed the driver could not stop on spot the security forces immediately opened fire on the poor people traveling from another city to Quetta , soon after unprovoked killing of innocent people the city’s main streets we closed by demonstration who demanded justice against those who pretend to keep law and order, there were street battles with police and Baloch youth who shouted end occupa... details >>
27.09.2008
Heavy Shelling in Zain-koh, Woman and infant killed Many Injured, Abducted Livestock & Crops Destroyed
Sep 27, 2008
Quetta(online) : Shair Muhammad Bugti the spokesperson of Nawab Bramdagh Bugti,said that the Pakistani forces are indiscriminately shelling the civilian population in Zain-koh and adjoining areas here in Dera Bugti , Occupied Baluchistan. A woman and her baby were killed while her seven year old child and her husband were critically injured when a cannon shell hit their home in Zain-koh. Many Baluch tribesmen mostly women, children, the elderly and non-combatant men have been wounded and or abducted by the Pakistani forces. The Pakistani forces are using long range cannons to shell the tribesmen. The Pakistani forces have also destroyed the tribesmen's... details >>
26.09.2008
Balochistan gold mine sold
REKO Diq is a small town in Chagai district, Balochistan. The world’s fifth largest gold and copper reserves are found in Reko Diq.Tethyan Copper of Australia has taken the contract to develop this mine. Barrick Gold Corporation of Canada and Antofagasta of Chile have joint ownership of the copper-gold deposit at Reko Diq.The Reko Diq deposit is being explored by Tethyan Copper Company (75 per cent) and the Balochistan Development Authority (25 per cent). The Tethyan Copper Company is held jointly (50 : 50) by Barrick Gold Corporation and Antofagasta Minerals. Currently the deposit is at scoping pre-feasibility stage. It is a world-class copper/gold porphyry style deposit, typical of... details >>
25.09.2008
Landmine kills two tribesmen
QUETTA, Sept 24: Two Bugti tribesmen were killed by a landmine in Zain Koh, about 30 kilometres from Dera Bugti town.“Both tribesmen were blown to bits,” a senior police officer in Sui said.
http://www.dawn.com/2008/09/25/top7.htm... details >>
24.09.2008
Train link with Quetta cut as track blown up
QUETTA, Sept 23: Train service to and from Quetta was suspended after a portion of main railway track was blown up in Sariab late on Tuesday night.Police said an explosive device, planted under the main track, was detonated near the Pirkaniabad area of Sariab.“About a two-foot portion of the track was blown up by the powerful explosion that rocked the Quetta city,” a railway official said.
http://www.dawn.com/2008/09/24/nat17.htm... details >>
24.09.2008
Gwadar blast accused set to release today
QUETTA: Five Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) activists, accused of masterminding a bomb blast in Gwadar in which three Chinese engineers were killed, are set to be released after four years detention.Habib Jalib Baloch, central secretary general of the BNP, told Daily Times that four of his party's activists, some of whom had never visited Gwadar, had been implicated in the incident. Now a bench of the Balochistan High Court (BHC) had issued their release orders for lack of evidence.“The BNP will give a rousing welcome to its activists today (Wednesday), as they have emerged victorious and not a single charge could be proved against them,” said Baloch. The BNP workers, including As... details >>
23.09.2008
Gazzain Marri may be next Balochistan Governor
Ghulam TahirQuetta—Nawabzada Gazzain Marri, Moscow educated and Ex Home Minister, according to certain sources may be, named as the next Governor replacing Nawab Zulfikar Ali Magsi.Gazzain Marri is brother in law of Nawab Zulfikar Ali Magsi. The arrangements would take place subject to the approval of Nawab Aslam Raisani and Nawab Zulfikar Ali Magsi. Nawab Magsi has earlier shown his displeasure holding the gubernatorial assignment maintaining that governorship is a ceremonial job and has little role or access to information who is engaged in the operation in certain areas of the province. The prominent figures in Islamabad are already in touch with Nawabzada Gazzain Marri. His passport has ... details >>
23.09.2008
Bramdagh refuses to hold talks with govt
By Amanullah Kasi
QUETTA, May 30: The chief organiser of the Baloch Republican Party, Nawabzada Bramdagh Bugti, has refused to hold talks with the government within the framework of the federation.Addressing a news conference on phone from an unspecified place on Friday, Bramdagh Bugti said that resistance movement was aimed at protecting the land and resources of the Baloch people.The BRP, formally a faction of the Jamhoori Watan Party, was launched with a new flag and manifesto.Bramdagh Bugti said: “We are owners of our land and resources and there is no need to talk with others on our resources. Talks will be held only with those who accept our right on Balochistan’s resources.”He said t... details >>
All news |
