Another Bullet-Riddled Body Found in Khuzdar
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: Another bullet-riddled dead body was recovered from Khuzdar some 350 KM from Quetta on Thursday. The deceased had been tortured to death. According to Levies sources, the body was recovered from Bagh Bana nullah area, a seasonal river, of Khuzdar and was brought to hospital for autopsy where deceased was [...]
Two Prisoners Shot Dead in Bakhtiarabad
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: Two prisoners were shot dead in custody during a raid on the Levies Thana in Bakhtiarabad, some 300-kilometer from Quetta, on Thursday. Sources said, a group of armed men barged into the Levies Thana and held hostage all Levies personnel and sprayed two prisoners identified as Mohammad Anwar and Nabi [...]
Editorial: The Last Nawab
No single date left such a lasting impression on the society and politics of Balochistan like August 26th, 2006. It was, no doubt, “Balochistan’s 9/11” when the province’s former governor and elected chief minister Nawab Mohammad Akbar Khan Bugti was brutally murdered by the democracy-blind military dictator, General Pervez Musharraf. Balochistan marks today (August 26th) [...]
Balochistan’s Gastro Death Toll Skyrockets as 60 perish
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: Flash flood in Talli River on Thursday submerged Sultan Pur and Talli area of district Sibi, washing away many houses while continuous floodwaters flow to district Jaffarabad and Jhal Magsi from Tori Band along Indus River has inundated 15 more villages of Ghandakha and Usta Muhammad. Six more children have [...]
Jamil Bugti Sees No Breakthrough in Father’s Murder Case
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: The son of late Nawab Akbar Bugti, Jamil Bugti, has said that no progress has been made so far in the investigation of his father’s murder case charging that the PPP-led government had no authority to bring the “real culprits” to justice. He made these views while talking to The [...]
Baluchistan Remembers Its Nawab
The Baloch Hal News BALOCHISTAN: Complete shutter down and wheel jam strike was observed in length and breadth of Balochistan paying glowing tributes to Shaheed Nawab Akbar Bugti who was waylaid and assassinated along with 70 other comrades in arms in a military action. The strike was complete and people responded fully and voluntarily in [...]
Three NATO Supply Tankers Attacked in Central Balochistan
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: Three NATO oil tankers were attacked in separate incidents on Thursday in Quetta, Kalat and in Mastung, all in Central Balochistan, in which thousands of liters oil destroyed. According to sources, an oil tanker, carrying fuel for NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan, was coming from Karachi when unknown assailants ridding [...]
Lawyers Boycott Courts Against fellows’ Kidnapping
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: The Balochistan Bar Association observed a province-wide boycott on Thursday, for the third consecutive day, in protest against the kidnapping of two lawyers Munir Ahmed Mirwani and Zaman Mari. The courts wore a deserted look as lawyers did not appear before courts and all the cases in sessions and before [...]
Child killed in Panjgur Grenade Attack
The Baloch Hal News QUETTS: A child was killed and five others, including two women, sustained injuries in a grenade attack at a residence of settler in Panjgur on Thursday. According to official sources, unknown person ridding on a motorcycle hurled a hand grenade in Abdul Karim’s house which landed and exploded with big bang [...]
Flood Vicitmes Resent Relocation: Durrani
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: The newly appointed Focal Person for flood relief affairs in Balochistan, Ms. Raheela Durrani, has revealed that thousands of people are still marooned in different flood-devastated districts where the majority is reluctant to move to safer places. Raheela Durrani, who is also the provincial minister for prosecution, made this claim [...]