Quetta: The beheaded body of a kidnapped British doctor working for the International Committee of the Red Cross was found by the roadside on Sunday in the southwestern Pakistan city of Quetta, police and Red Cross officials said. Khalil Rasjed Dale, 60, was abducted by suspected militants on January 5 while on his way home from work. "The ICRC condemns in the strongest possible terms this barbaric act," ICRC Director-General...
10:22 AM, Apr 30, 2012
Karachi: Pakistan's minority Hindus protested outside Balochistan provincial assembly in Quetta against increasing incidents of abduction of community members for ransom in the province, close on the heels of a young trader's murder after his family failed to pay money to his kidnappers. The Hindus staged the protest on Friday after marching through different parts of the city, a month after organising similar rallies in Sindh following the killing of...
02:03 PM, Dec 24, 2011
Islamabad: Afghan Taliban and their Pakistani sympathisers have turned the Kharotabad area in the southwestern outskirts of Balochistan's capital, Quetta, into a safe heaven and a veritable 'vacation spot', raising fears among the people of possible strikes by US drones. Taliban fighters every four months return from the warfront in Afghanistan to rejuvenate and convalesce in dozens of rented residential accommodations in Kharotabad neighbourhood, The Express Tribune reported on Monday....
02:27 PM, Oct 17, 2011
Karachi: The two of planes of Pakistan International Airlines, which received bomb threats while flying and were grounded at Istanbul and Kuala Lumpur, have been cleared to resume their flights. PIA aircraft were given clearance after authorities at the two airports conducted thorough search, a PIA official said. The official said the bomb threats were received through emails while the aircraft were in mid-air, and the identity of the sender...
07:53 AM, Sep 08, 2011
Islamabad: Two suicide bombers targeting a senior security official struck near government offices in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Wednesday, killing 20 people, a police official said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Pakistan's Taliban militants, who are close to al Qaeda, often carry out such attacks under a campaign designed to topple the US-backed government. Autonomy-seeking militants demanding a greater share of the profits from...
10:08 AM, Sep 07, 2011
Islamabad: A suicide car bomber on Wednesday struck Shia worshipers in Pakistan's southwestern restive Quetta city killing at least 11 people and wounding 22 others turning Eid-ul Fitr festivities into mourning. The bomber drove a car laden with about 40 kg of explosives intending to hit a Shia mosque at prayers time, but finding the place heavily guarded, detonated the bomb in a nearby parking lot. At the time of...
12:02 PM, Aug 31, 2011
Washington: US is shifting its terror-killer drones from Pakistan to Afghanistan after Islamabad asked it to shut down UAV bases on its territory, but America has vowed to continue hitting militants based in Pakistan's tribal areas. Pakistan has asked CIA to remove its personnel from the Shamsi airbase, about 350 kms southwest of Baluchistan's capital Quetta, where some of the drones are based, 'New York Times' reported quoting senior American...
01:59 PM, Apr 30, 2011
Quetta, Pakistan: A suicide bomber struck a rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing up to 59 people in the second major attack this week, piling pressure on a government struggling with a flood crisis. The attack on the Shi'ite rally expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people came as the United States said the devastating floods are likely to delay army offensives against Taliban insurgents. "Unfortunately the...
04:39 PM, Sep 03, 2010
The blast occurred near a check post manned by the Frontier Corps. ...
11:21 PM, Aug 12, 2009
John Solecki suffered from a serious medical condition that needed attention. ...
01:15 PM, Feb 23, 2009
Over 650 people have been killed in Quetta due to floods that were unleashed by a cyclone. ...
04:06 PM, Jul 03, 2007
Six soldiers and three civilians were killed after gunmen opened fire at Quetta, hours after a top US official’s visit. ...
09:07 AM, Jun 15, 2007
Court complex in Quetta city attacked; witness says he saw severed head in a courtroom. ...
12:50 PM, Feb 17, 2007
A suicide car bomber killed two persons near the police chief's headquarters in Pakistan's city Quetta. ...
11:30 AM, Nov 03, 2006
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