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Farhat retires from professional cricket, PCB congratulates on won
Updated : 1 day, 10 hours ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], January 26 (ANI): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday congratulated Imran Farhat on a successful 24-year-long career. The top-order batsman, who represented Balochistan in the domestic season 2020-21, retired from professional cricket on the completion of his side's c
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Pakistan opposition leaders express concern at disrespect shown to
Updated : 1 day, 23 hours ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 26 (ANI): Members of the opposition in the Pakistan Senate on Monday expressed concern over the "disrespect" with which the body of Baloch rights activist Karima Baloch was treated before it was laid to rest in her hometown Tump, in Balochistan, Dawn reported.
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Pakistani authorities close entryways to Karima Baloch's hometown
Updated : 3 days, 10 hours ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], January 24 (ANI): Pakistani authorities have shut down all communication systems in Balochistan's Kech area and closed all entry points to Tump, the hometown of slain human rights activist Karima Baloch.
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Even dead Baloch woman not spared from abduction by Pakistan, says
Updated : 3 days, 17 hours ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], January 24 (ANI): Sameer Mehrab, brother of slain human rights activist Karima Baloch, lashed out at Pakistani authorities on Sunday after the body of his sister was forcefully taken away while it was being escorted to her hometown in Tump, Balochistan.
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Scholars demand Canada to reconsider relations with Pakistan follo
Updated : 5 days, 23 hours ago IST
Toronto [Canada], January 22 (ANI): After the mysterious death of Baloch activist Karima Baloch, Tarek Fatah, an author on Pakistani affairs and scholar Burzine Waghmar slammed the crackdown on dissent in Balochistan and urged the Canadian Government to reconsider diplomatic relations with P
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Gulf leaders to visit Pakistan for houbara hunting
Updated : 6 days, 18 hours ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 21 (ANI): Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will be visiting Pakistan for houbara bustard hunting in Balochistan, reported Dawn.
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Armed struggle in Balochistan inspired by Pakistan's decades-old c
Updated : 1 week, 5 days ago IST
London [UK], January 15 (ANI): A Baloch political activist and writer said that the contemporary armed and political struggle in Balochistan is strongly inspired by the consequences of 70 years of Pakistan's indirect and direct colonial rule.
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Hazaras continue to be targeted due to Pak's appeasement of anti-S
Updated : 2 weeks ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 13 (ANI): Eleven coal miners from Hazara community were killed in a brutal attack in Balochistan last month and the members of the community continue to be targeted due to Pakistan's appeasement of anti-Shia militancy.
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Pakistan: Policeman escorting polio workers shot dead in Khyber Pa
Updated : 2 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Karak (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) [Pakistan], January 12 (ANI): A policeman escorting a team of polio health care workers was shot dead by "unidentified gunmen" in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's (KP) Karak district on Tuesday, Dawn reported citing authorities.
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Senior Iranian cleric demands Imran Khan to end targeted killing o
Updated : 2 weeks, 2 days ago IST
Tehran [Iran], January 11 (ANI): Condemning the recent attack in Pakistan that killed 11 people from the minority Shiite Hazara community in Balochistan, senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi has demanded Imran Khan-led government to put an end to the targeted killing of the
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4 injured in explosion in Balochistan's Turbat
Updated : 2 weeks, 3 days ago IST
Turbat (Balochistan) [Pakistan], January 10 (ANI): At least four people sustained injuries in an explosion in Turbat's Cinema bazaar in Balochistan on Sunday, police officials said.
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Imran Khan meets families of slain Hazara miners, talks about brin
Updated : 2 weeks, 4 days ago IST
Quetta (Balochistan) [Pakistan], January 9 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who on Saturday met bereaved families of 11 Hazara coal miners killed in January 3 terrorist attack, talked about his ambitions to play a role in issues concerning some Muslim countries and said his aim
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