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2 months ago | 
thekhorasandiary.com | Imtiaz Baloch |Riccardo Valle |Daniele Garofalo |Iftikhar Firdous
A devastating gas leak in a coal mine in Sanjadi, on the outskirts of Quetta, Balochistan has claimed the lives of at least 11 miners on Monday. According to Shahid Rind spokesperson for the Balochistan government, the victims included 9 workers, a contractor, and a mine manager who were trapped deep in the mine when the incident occurred.
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2 months ago | 
thekhorasandiary.com | Imtiaz Baloch |Riccardo Valle |Daniele Garofalo |Iftikhar Firdous
In November last year, Pakistan National Apex Committee, a high-level government forum established in 2015 following the Peshawar Army Public School attack to oversee counter-terrorism efforts, decided to implement stricter border controls. The committee ruled that only individuals carrying valid passports and visas would be granted permission to travel between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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2 months ago | 
thekhorasandiary.com | Imtiaz Baloch |Riccardo Valle |Daniele Garofalo |Iftikhar Firdous
On July 8 and 9, 2024, a meeting of the 11th Joint Border Trade Committee (JBTC) – a body of officials and the business community from Pakistan and Iran – was held in Zahedan, the capital city of the Iranian Sistan and Baluchistan province.
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2 months ago | 
thekhorasandiary.com | Imtiaz Baloch |Riccardo Valle |Daniele Garofalo |Iftikhar Firdous
Following the arrest of Baloch Nationalist Army (BNA) founder Gulzar Imam alias Shamby in 2023, the militant group fractured into two factions, one led by Sarafaraz Bungulzai alias Mureed Baloch and another under Anwar alias Chakar. Divisions in Baloch Raaji Ajoi Sangar (BRAS) quickly surfaced after Imam's arrest, prompting Bungulzai to issue a detailed statement declaring his separation from the group.
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2 months ago | 
thekhorasandiary.com | Imtiaz Baloch |Riccardo Valle |Daniele Garofalo |Iftikhar Firdous
Over the night of October 6, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) attack took place outside Karachi airport, targeting a Chinese convoy. Two Chinese citizens were killed in the attack on a convoy carrying Chinese staff of the Port Qasim Electric Power Company (Private) Limited in Pakistan, as confirmed by the Chinese Embassy.
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2 months ago | 
thekhorasandiary.com | Imtiaz Baloch |Riccardo Valle |Daniele Garofalo |Iftikhar Firdous
A coordinated wave of attacks swept across Balochistan on August 25, resulting in the loss of at least 53 lives, including civilians and 14 security personnel. In the ensuing counteroperations, security forces killed 21 militants. The attacks primarily targeted areas with significant Baloch populations.
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2 months ago | 
thekhorasandiary.com | Nawab Ali Khattak |Imtiaz Baloch |Iftikhar Firdous
Despite decades of global efforts, Polio continues to remain a hazardous health challenge and casts a vast shadow over the public health landscape in Pakistan. On the 14th of January 2025, the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health, Islamabad confirmed the detection of latest wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in a male child from Jacobabad, Sindh province, placing the number at 71.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
thekhorasandiary.com | Imtiaz Baloch |Daniele Garofalo |Riccardo Valle |Iftikhar Firdous
*Editor’s Note: The article contains mentions of suicide. Reader discretion is advised. Najma Bibi, a 21-year-old teacher hailing from the Awaran district of Balochistan, took her own life on May 15, 2023 by hanging herself in her house. The event, however, failed to surprise many as it was the 38th reported case of suicide out of a total of 51 cases in the province since January 2023.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
thekhorasandiary.com | Imtiaz Baloch |Daniele Garofalo |Riccardo Valle |Iftikhar Firdous
In November last year, the Baloch Nationalist Army (BNA) confirmed in a statement that one of the founding leaders, Gulzar Imam alias Shamby, had been captured by the Pakistani security forces. BNA was split right after Gulzar’s arrest into two factions. One was already led by Sarafaraz Bungaulzai and the other faction emerged led by Anwar alias Chakar.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
thekhorasandiary.com | Imtiaz Baloch |Daniele Garofalo |Riccardo Valle |Iftikhar Firdous
A violent insurgency with separatist tendencies broke out in southwestern Balochistan province in the early days of its accession to Pakistan. Baloch-dominated regions of the province, ever since, faced waves of violence with no end in sight. With the accession of Kalat to Pakistan in March 1948 and the eventual attempts by the state for greater political autonomy, there have been different violent phases of armed unrest.
