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Protests across Pakistan slam Israeli aggression in Gaza

1 week ago | dawn.com | Umar Bacha |Imtiaz Ali |Arif Hayat |Abdullah Zehri

Large rallies were staged on Friday across the country in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and to condem Israel’s devastating military campaign in the enclave amid the death toll in the battered territory rising to 50,912. The Israeli offensive, which began in response to Hamas’ unprecedented attack on October 7, 2023, has killed more than 50,000 Palestinians and destroyed much of the housing and hospital infrastructure in the enclave.
Protest to continue until Baloch women freed, BNP’s Mengal says

3 weeks ago | dawn.com | Abdullah Zehri |Abbas Nasir

Sardar Akhtar Mengal, the chief of his faction of the Balochistan National Party (BNP-M), has vowed to continue the party’s sit-in until arrested Baloch women are freed as a provincial government delegation met party leaders for talks after Iftar on Saturday in Mastung. Mengal had a “long march” from Wadh to Quetta to protest the arrests of Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) chief organiser Dr Mahrang Baloch and other leaders as well as police crackdowns on a sit-in.
5 FC personnel martyred, at least 12 injured in explosion near convoy in Noshki

1 month ago | dawn.com | Abdullah Zehri |Abbas Nasir

DAWN.COM E-Paper | March 16, 2025 Subscribe to notifications Get the latest news and updates from Dawn Not Now Allow Notifications Five Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were martyred and at least 12 injured when an explosion occurred near an FC convoy in Noshki on Sunday, officials said. According to Noshki Station House Officer (SHO) Zafarullah Sumalani, initial investigations suggest the incident was a suicide attack.
1 dead, 7 injured after explosion near bus travelling from Khuzdar to Rawalpindi: official

2 months ago | dawn.com | Abdullah Zehri |Abbas Nasir

DAWN.COM E-Paper | January 26, 2025 Listen to article 1x 1.2x 1.5x At least one person was killed and seven others injured on Sunday when an explosion occurred near a passenger bus travelling from Khuzdar to Rawalpindi, officials said. “The passenger bus, travelling on the M-8 Highway from Khuzdar to Rawalpindi, was targeted near Khori, some 25 kilometres from Khuzdar City,” Khuzdar District Commissioner Yasir Iqbal Dashti told Dawn.com.
3 civilians injured in IED blast targeting FC truck in Balochistan’s Chaman: police

Jan 10, 2025 | dawn.com | Abdullah Zehri

Three civilians were injured in a blast from an improvised explosive device (IED) targeting a truck carrying Frontier Corps (FC) personnel on Friday in Balochistan’s Chaman city, according to the police. A statement from Rabia Tariq, public relations officer for the Balochistan inspector general of police’s office, said that a blast from a motorcycle planted with an IED targeted an FC truck carrying personnel from an army fort to an FC fort.
1 body recovered, search continues for 11 others after mine explosion leaves workers trapped near Quetta

Jan 10, 2025 | dawn.com | Abdullah Zehri |Aqdas Afzal

The body of a miner was recovered on Friday during a rescue operation near a coal mine in Quetta after a dozen mineworkers were left trapped therein following an explosion a day ago, rescuers said.
Gas explosion in Balochistan coal mine leaves 12 miners trapped: authorities

Jan 9, 2025 | dawn.com | Abdullah Zehri

Twelve miners were trapped on Thursday after an explosion caused a coal mine outside of Quetta to collapse, authorities said. Speaking to Dawn.com, Chief Mines Officer Abdul Ghani Baloch said that a gas explosion caused a coal mine in the Sanjdi area to collapse from the inside. “An operation has been launched to extract the miners. Efforts are being made to pull all the miners out alive,” he said.
Death toll rises to 26 in Pakistan Railway Station blast, 62 injured

Nov 9, 2024 | risingnepaldaily.com | Abdullah Zehri

By Abdullah Zehri, Pakistan, Nov 9 (DAWN): At least 26 people were killed and 62 injured after a suicide blast ripped through a Quetta Railway Station on Saturday, local authorities and hospital officials said. The incident comes a week after a bomb blast near a girl’s school and a hospital in Balochistan’s Mastung district killed eight people, including five children.
Three terrorists killed in Balochistan’s Musakhel district: CTD

Nov 3, 2024 | dawn.com | Abdullah Zehri |Abbas Nasir

The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in Balochistan conducted an operation in the Musakhel district in the early hours of Sunday, where three terrorists were killed and two were arrested, said a CTD spokesperson. According to the spokesperson, the CTD and law enforcement agencies received “credible information” about terrorists belonging to the proscribed Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) active in the Rarhasham area of Musakhel.
Terrorism FIR registered over deadly Mastung blast ‘targeting children, public’

Nov 2, 2024 | dawn.com | Abdullah Zehri |Ahmed Bilal Mehboob

The Quetta Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has registered a terrorism case over yesterday’s Mastung blast that claimed the lives of eight people, including five children, and injured over 30, it emerged on Saturday. An improvised explosive device (IED) planted in a motorbike was used to carry out the attack at School-Hospital Chowk in the Majeed Road area, officials said.