Islamabad: The PML-N and two nationalist parties have agreed to form a coalition government in Balochistan but differences remain on the issue of choosing a Chief Minister for the insurgency-hit province in southwest Pakistan.
The Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP), which represents the Pashtuns living in northern parts of Balochistan, emerged the single largest party in the May 11
polls by bagging 10 of the 51 directly elected seats in the provincial assembly. However, the PML-N is in a stronger position as it has the support of more independent candidates and smaller parties.
The PML-N is now set to form government with the backing of the PMAP and the National Party, a nationalist party that draws its support from the Baloch-dominated southern parts of the province....
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03:45 PM, May 18, 2013
Islamabad: Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf is set to form government in the militancy-hit Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province with the backing of the Jamaat-e-Islami while the PML-N and several smaller parties are expected to form a coalition in the restive Balochistan province. The Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf emerged the single largest party in Khyber-Pakhtunkwa by bagging 35 of the 99 directly elected seats far short of a simple majority. The Jamaat-e-Islami, which won seven seats,...
02:37 PM, May 14, 2013
Quetta: The voting for historic general elections in Pakistan was marred with violence as at least sixteen people died in poll related violence in the troubled Balochistan province in south-west Pakistan. As many as 10 persons died and 15 others sustained injuries on Saturday when a bus carrying supporters of independent candidate Khadim Hussain Shah came under attack in Naseerabad district, Quetta city police chief Mir Zubair said. "The supporters...
07:56 AM, May 12, 2013
Islamabad: Pakistani police on Thursday arrested and interrogated beleaguered former President Pervez Musharraf over the killing of Baloch leader Akbar Bugti in a 2006 military operation, one of three high-profile cases that have dogged him since he returned to the country from self-exile. A team of Balochistan Police arrested the former military ruler and grilled him for nearly four hours at his farmhouse on the outskirts of Islamabad, which was...
06:27 PM, May 02, 2013
Lahore: Former premier Nawaz Sharif had a narrow escape when his chartered aircraft made an emergency landing in this eastern Pakistani city on Friday after one of its windows developed a crack. The PML-N chief was flying from Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, to Hasilpur district in Punjab, 400 km from Lahore, when the Challenger aircraft's window was damaged. A total of 11 people were on board the aircraft,...
01:27 AM, Apr 20, 2013
Islamabad: A strong 5.7 magnitude aftershock on Wednesday rocked a remote region of Balochistan province where an earthquake killed dozens and flattened hundreds of houses even as Pakistani troops raced to provide aid to victims. The epicentre of Tuesday's 7.8 magnitude quake lay in southeast Iran but most of the deaths reported so far have been reported across the border in Balochistan, where hundreds of mud brick homes were destroyed...
06:16 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Islamabad: At least thirty-four people were killed and about 150 more injured when hundreds of buildings collapsed in Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan on Tuesday during a massive earthquake that was felt across the region. Most of the deaths were recorded in remote Panjgur and Kharan districts of Balochistan. Officials confirmed the death of at least 34 people in the quake-hit area, near the border with Iran. Several children and...
10:46 AM, Apr 17, 2013
Islamabad: Terrorists targeted senior politicians campaigning for Pakistan's upcoming General Election in Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinces on Tuesday, killing 22 people and injuring dozens more and triggering concern about security for the landmark polls. Six persons were killed and about 30 injured when PML-N leader Sanaullah Zehri's motorcade was targeted with a bomb in Khuzdar district of the restive southwestern province of Balochistan on Tuesday afternoon. Zehri escaped unhurt but...
08:55 AM, Apr 17, 2013
Quetta: At least 13 people were killed and hundreds of houses destroyed in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday when the region was struck by tremors from an earthquake that was centred in neighbouring Iran, Pakistani officials said. Tremors from the 7.8 magnitude quake were also felt in India and Gulf states. The epicenter was in southeast Iran in an area of mountains and desert, about 200 km (125 miles) southeast of...
08:18 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Pakistan police claimed on Wednesday they had arrested 11 children, some as young as 10, who were allegedly being used by Baloch militants for "subversive activities" like planting bombs in Quetta. The children were detained during a raid conducted late Tuesday night but the seven men who had lured them managed to escape, Quetta police chief Mir Zubair Mahmood told a news conference. ...
08:35 PM, Mar 13, 2013
A joint sitting of the two houses of Pakistan's parliament has been convened on February 6 to endorse the imposition of Governor's Rule in the restive Balochistan province and to discuss the upcoming general election. ...
02:37 PM, Feb 02, 2013
Describing the move as "undemocratic", the Balochistan assembly has unanimously rejected the imposition of governor's rule in the Pakistani province. Governor's rule was imposed in Balochistan on January 14 following January 10's twin bomb attacks in Quetta in which 86 people were killed and over 120 wounded. ...
01:00 PM, Jan 16, 2013
Four persons were killed and 10 more seriously injured when unidentified gunmen fired at an Express train in the restive Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan on Saturday, officials said. ...
01:59 AM, Jan 06, 2013
A Christian girl was shot dead by unidentified persons in her house in the capital of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province on Wednesday, police said. The girl's body was found in her home at Brewery Road in Quetta, police officials said. ...
08:39 AM, Dec 27, 2012
Pakistan's 2013 general election is not likely to be held on time and may be delayed for months or even years, a police unit in Punjab province has said, amid speculation that a caretaker setup will be installed for "a couple of years." The Special Branch of Punjab Police spoke of the likely delay in polls in a report prepared by it, which was recently submitted to Chief Minister Shahbaz...
02:30 PM, Dec 23, 2012
Islamabad: A well-known Hindu doctor was on Thursday gunned down by motorcycle-borne attackers in the restive Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan, police said. Doctor Lakshmi Chand was on his way home when two armed men riding a motorcycle fired at him at Hindu Mohalla in Mastung town. He was hit by several bullets and died instantly, police officials said. The attackers fled from the spot after the shooting. Reports said...
08:50 PM, Dec 13, 2012
Islamabad: A Hindu trader was abducted and four persons, including a Shia man, were shot dead in separate incidents in the restive Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan on Sunday, police said. Unidentified armed men looted a van and abducted the Hindu trader named Ramesh Kumar on the National Highway near the provincial capital of Quetta. The van was coming to Quetta from Jacobabad in Sindh province, a region with a...
10:22 PM, Oct 07, 2012
Islamabad: A reporter of a TV news channel was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the restive Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan on Saturday, officials said. Abdul Haq Baloch, a correspondent for ARY News in Khuzdar city, was attacked by two gunmen riding a motorcycle near the local press club at Chakar Khan Road at 7.30 pm (local time). Officials said the motive for the killing had not been ascertained....
10:44 PM, Sep 29, 2012
Islamabad: The house of the chief of a Pakistani tribe, who is also a former member of the Balochistan provincial assembly, was attacked with rockets Monday, a media report said. Four rockets were fired at the house of Sardar Abdur Rehman Khetran, chief of the Khetran tribe in Barkhan district of Balochistan, Dawn News reported. The attack took place in Khetran near provincial capital Quetta. Security forces began a probe,...
05:02 PM, Aug 20, 2012
Islamabad: Following a special directive from Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, a three-member team met Hindu community leaders in Sindh province after reports of a mass exodus of people from their community to India. Meanwhile, the country's Human Rights Commission is also outraged at the continued exodus of minorities from Sindh and Balochistan provinces. While the Indian High Commission and Pakistan's Interior Ministry have denied reports of around 250 Hindus...
01:30 PM, Aug 11, 2012
