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7th Oct 2021

Pakistan: 20 dead after magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes Balochistan

By Muhammet Nazim Tasci and Islamuddin Sajid ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA): At least 20 people were killed and more than 300 injured when a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province early on Thursday. The National Seismic Monitoring Center … Continued

7th Jan 2021

‘Pakistan setting up interfaith harmony bodies to confront sectarianism’

By Islamuddin Sajid ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA): Pakistan is establishing interfaith harmony councils at the local, provincial and national level to promote dialogue and resolve sectarian conflicts, Maulana Tahir Ashrafi, special representative of the prime minister on religious harmony, has revealed. … Continued

3rd Jan 2021

Pakistan: 11 Hazara miners killed in armed attack in Balochistan

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): At least 11 Hazara Shia Muslim coal miners were kidnapped and later killed in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday, officials said. The incident took place in the remote Mach coalfield, about 48km (30 miles) east … Continued

10th Aug 2020

Pakistan: 58 dead, 100s villages submerged in monsoon rains

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): The death toll from three days of heavy monsoon rains triggering flash floods in Pakistan has risen to at least 58, officials said on Sunday. The southern Sindh and southwestern Balochistan provinces, and … Continued

8th Feb 2020

Pakistan: 200-year old temple returned to Hindus

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Pakistan’s government has handed over a 200-year old temple to the country’s Hindu minority, local media reported on Saturday. Located in the remote Zhob district of the southwestern Balochistan province, the temple had … Continued

17th Aug 2019

Pakistan: Blast at mosque after Friday prayers killed kills 4 in Quetta

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): An explosion at a mosque in southwest Pakistan killed at least four people and injured 20 others, police and local media reported. Latest in a series of similar attacks, the explosion took place … Continued

26th Jun 2019

Pakistan: Suicide bombers storm police compound in Balochistan

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Three suicide bombers stormed a police compound in southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday morning, killing one policeman and injuring two others, said officials. The militants, wearing suicide vests, stormed the compound in the remote … Continued

25th May 2019

Pakistan: 3 killed, 28 injured in mosque blast in Quetta

[Photo: Security forces inspect the scene after Rehmania mosque blast in Quetta ,Pakistan on May 24, 2019. Photographer: Mazhar Chandio/AA] Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): At least three people were killed and over a dozen others injured in an explosion targeting … Continued

18th Apr 2019

Pakistan: Terrorists shoot dead 14 passengers in Balochistan

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Terrorists shot dead at least 14 passengers in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan Province on Thursday morning, an official and local media said. The gruesome incident — latest in a fresh flare-up of violence — … Continued

17th Apr 2019

Pakistan: Dozens killed as rains wreak havoc across Pakistan

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Torrential rains followed by flashfloods have killed 39 and injured dozens in the last two days across Pakistan, officials and local media reported on Wednesday. According to the National Disaster Management Authority, a … Continued

12th Apr 2019

Pakistan: Bomb blast kills 16 targeting Hazaras in Quetta

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): A powerful bomb blast in southwest Pakistan killed at least 16 people and injured 30 Friday morning, police said. The explosion occurred in the northern Hazarganji market outskirt of Quetta city, capital of … Continued

14th Jul 2018

Pakistan: Blasts targeting election rallies kill 133

By Aamir Latif and By Islamuddin Sajid KARACHI/ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA): At least 133 people were killed and over 180 injured in two suspected suicide blasts targeting election rallies in southwest and northwest Pakistan on Friday, officials and local media … Continued

10th Jan 2018

Pakistan: Suicide blast kills 7 in Quetta

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): A suspected suicide bomber detonated himself up near a police patrolling vehicle in Quetta, the capital of southwestern Balochistan province killing seven persons, and injured another 15 on Tuesday evening, police and local media … Continued

17th Dec 2017

Pakistan: Church blast in Balochistan kills 5, injures 16

By Aamir Latif KARACHI (AA): At least five people have been killed and dozens are feared injured in a blast at a church in southwestern Pakistan, followed by security forces trying to overpower heavily armed terrorists, officials and local … Continued

6th Oct 2017

Pakistan: 19 killed, 30 injured in Sufi shrine blast in Balochistan

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Nineteen people were killed and 30 others injured in a suicide blast at a shrine in southwestern Balochistan province on Thursday, according to officials and local media reports. A suspected suicide bomber blew … Continued

24th Jun 2017

Pakistan: Over 63 killed in suicide attacks

By Islamuddin Sajid ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA): More than 63 people were killed and 200 others injured Friday in suicide attacks, officials said. The first attack occurred outside Balochistan’s provincial police chief’s office in Quetta, where a militant rammed an … Continued

12th Nov 2016

Pakistan: 30 killed, 70 injured in blast at Shah Norani shrine

Dawn: At least 30 people were killed and 70 were injured on Saturday in an explosion at the shrine of Shah Norani in Khuzdar district of Balochistan, DawnNews reported. The death toll is feared to rise with women and children … Continued

25th Oct 2016

Pakistan: Armed militias raid police center in Quetta, killing 59

By Yusuf Hatip ISLAMABAD (AA): At least 59 cadets and guards were killed and 120 wounded Monday when gunmen attacked a police training center in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, authorities said. At least six heavily armed terrorists, wearing suicide vests, … Continued

7th Oct 2016

Pakistan: 5 dead, 19 injured in Jaffer Express blast in Baluchistan

Express Tribune & AA: At least five people were killed and 19 others injured on Friday when two bombs exploded near Rawalpindi-bound Jaffer Express in Machh area of Bolan district, Baluchistan. Earlier on Tuesday four Shia women were killed when … Continued

26th Aug 2016

Pakistan: Separatists kill 6 paramilitary troops in Baluschistan

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): At least six Pakistani paramilitary troops were killed and another two injured in an attack by separatists on a checkpoint in the southwestern province of Baluchistan, an official said Thursday. The attack took place in … Continued

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