ANALYSIS: Anti-Baloch clique? — II —Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur
The Kalat state’s forced merger with Pakistan ended 300 years of independent and semi-independent Baloch state. The sovereignty and will of the people of Balochistan was temporarily subverted. It was an epoch making event in the history of the Baloch people. Colonialism, be it of Iran, Afghanistan, Britain or Pakistan, has played the most important [...]
Balochistan’s unattended IDP crisis —Malik Siraj Akbar
The government of Pervez Musharraf not only created an IDP (internally displaced persons) crisis in Balochistan, it also very dexterously kept the whole country in oblivion about it. Limited and restricted information was leaked about the fate of around 100,000 Baloch IDPs who were driven out of their homes during the military operation carried out [...]
Narcotics recovered from Jail Warden
The Baloch Hal News MACH: Narcotics have been recovered from Jail Warden in the central jail here on the other day. According to details Superintendent Jail, Zia-u-Din on a tip off recovered 950 gram Charas and 15 packs of heroin during checking from Naveed Akhtar, warden of the jail. The Police while arresting the warden [...]
Protest against non-availability of water
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: Residents of Jan Muhammad Jamali road staged a protest demonstration owing to unavailability of water on Monday. According to details, hundred of protesters hailing from Jan Muhammad Jamali area protested against the WASA due to unavailability of water as the people are compelled to purchase water tanks. The protesters said [...]
Three killed in road mishap in Lasbela district
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA, Jan 31: Three people including a 12-year-old boy were killed and seven others sustained injuries in a road mishap in Lasbela district on Sunday. According to details, two cars were collided with each other near Kahari police check post some 30 kilometers away from Hub town. Resultantly, 12-year-old Shamsullah, Jalal [...]
Two die of suffocation
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: Two people including a woman died of gas suffocation in Ziarat town on Sunday. Amir and Farzana Tabassum residents of Quetta were staying in a hotel in Ziarat. They died in sleep in the wee hours of Sunday, as they had forgotten to switch off gas heater before going to [...]
Hand grenade defused
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: Bomb disposal squad on Sunday defused a hand grenade hurled by unidentified people on a marble factory within the jurisdiction of Shalkot police station Quetta, said police. Unknown people lobbed a hand grenade on factory owned by Muhammad Tariq located at Wali Jet area. Grenade landed inside factory and luckily [...]
Woman, paramour shot dead
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: A man allegedly shot dead his wife apparently in the name of honour and later killed her alleged paramour in Dera Murad Jamali on Sunday. Farhan Ali, resident of Gott Ghulam Muhammad Magsi killed his wife and her alleged lover identified as Juma Khan with automatic weapon and escaped the [...]