Editorial: Judicial Breakthrough
The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr. Justice Ifthakar Mohammad Chaudhry, and two other judges are dealing with a monumental challenge of recovering the missing persons in Balochistan. A Supreme Court bench working in Quetta to achieve tangible success is confronted with four major challenges. Firstly, to make sure that no more missing persons are killed [...]
Shahzain Bugti Says Government “Fabricated” Cases Against Him
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: The provincial chief of Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP), Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti has said that cases registered against him and his companions were absolutely fabricated. “Dera Bugti is my hometown and I will go there at any cost,” he expressed these views while talking to journalists at the Session Court here [...]
Police Superintendent, Shah Nawaz Khan, Shot Dead Quetta
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: Unidentified assailants gunned down a Superintendent of Police (SP) of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Quetta on Tuesday, morning. According to police, the SP Shah Nawaz Khan was on his way home after a morning walk when armed men opened indiscriminate fire on him at Satellite Town area. As a [...]
Blast Near Deputy Commission’s Officer in Panjgur Injures One, Causes Panic
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: A powerful bomb explosion rocked Panjgour, a border town near Iran, on Tuesday. According to reports, explosives planted with a vehicle in Chitkan area, near Deputy Commissioner’s Office went off with a big bang. Resultantly, one person received minor injuries while windowpanes of nearby buildings and vehicles were shattered. Police [...]
The Battle For the Soul of Lyari
By Sanaullah Baloch Lyari, the mother of Karachi and the birthplace of Baloch nationalism, is now a scene of hopelessness. Instead of resonating with the prophetic speeches of Baloch literary icon Syed Zahoor Shah Hashmi and the magical voice and lyrics of Ustad Abdul Sattar, today one hears guns, cannons, rockets, shells and snipers. Resembling [...]
Two More Disappeared Baloch Men Safely Return Home
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: Two more missing persons, who were allegedly picked up by security forces from Marwar area, some 60 kilometers east of Quetta, have reached home on Tuesday. Nasurllah Baloch, chairman Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP), a local organization struggling for safe recovery of missing persons and force disappearances, confirmed that two missing persons Sanaullah and Shah [...]
For a Credible Inquiry
By Sanaullah Baloch THE attention the Supreme Court (SC) has focused on the Balochistan conflict and the human rights abuses being committed there raised the expectations of the affected population. But after Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry departed from Quetta, (the hearing, headed by the chief justice, over law and order in Balochistan resumed on Monday [...]
Vehicle Belonging to Gas Company Escapes Remote-Controlled Blast
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: A vehicle of Uch Gas Field escaped a remote controlled blast in Nuzband Poll (Bridge) area of Suhbatpur on Monday. According to the police, a vehicle of Uch Gas Field escorted by police personnel on motorbikes were on way to Subatpur from Uch Gas Field when an explosive device planted [...]
Four People, Including Two Women, Killed in Balochistan
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: Four people, including two women, were killed in separate incidents of violence in Kohlu and Naseerabad district on Monday. According to reports, unknown armed men killed a woman and a man in Kohlu and swiftly fled after committing the crime. However, names of the deceased could not be confirmed. Motives [...]
Seeking Freedom: The Press in Pakistan
By Kiran Nazish Presentations were staged at Aiwan-i-Sadr, on the occasion of Press Freedom Day, raising questions, about the status of our freedom. According to CPJ Pakistan has been the most dangerous place for journalists in the world, for two consecutive years. This year the UNSECO published a report saying Pakistan is the second most dangerous place. [...]