
Islamabad: Gunmen opened fire on minority Shiite Muslim pilgrims traveling through southwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 26 people in an apparent sectarian attack, officials and survivors said. The pilgrims were traveling by bus through Mastung district in Baluchistan province on their way to the Iranian border when the attack occurred, said Khushhal Khan, the driver of the vehicle, which was carrying at least 40 people. A pickup truck blocked the...

08:57 PM, Sep 20, 2011

Quetta: A bomb attached to a timer ripped through a two-story hotel in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province on Sunday, reducing the building to rubble and killing 12 people, police said. The attack in the town of Dera Allah Yar also wounded 23 people, said Jawed Iqbal Gharshin, the police chief in surrounding Jafferabad district. Police have taken two people into custody who had tea in the hotel's restaurant and left...

07:42 PM, Aug 14, 2011

CNN-IBN's Amrita Tripathi in conversation with author Jamil Ahmad, about his latest piece of fiction 'The Wandering Falcon'. Amrita Tripathi: You've served in the Frontier Province and in Balochistan -- these are areas the rest of the world sees as largely lawless and ungovernable or terrorist havens. How do you perceive that? How much have things changed? Jamil Ahmad: I can only talk about the period I lived and worked...

08:49 PM, May 06, 2011

John Solecki was taken captive on February 2 in Baluchistan. ...

12:33 AM, Apr 05, 2009

US had said it would conduct military strikes in Baluchistan. ...

11:42 AM, Mar 20, 2009

Obama is considering proposals to expand air strikes into the province of Baluchistan. ...

05:14 PM, Mar 19, 2009

UN official John Solecki is being held captive somewhere in Baluchistan. ...

09:07 PM, Feb 23, 2009

John Solecki suffered from a serious medical condition that needed attention. ...

01:15 PM, Feb 23, 2009

Pak is angry that the map shows a free Baluchistan and a NWF province. ...

01:55 AM, Nov 24, 2008

Pakistan Meteorological Department put the magnitude at 6.1 on the Ritcher scale. ...

09:18 AM, Oct 29, 2008

A blast went off at a rally promoting autonomy for Baluchistan. ...

11:28 AM, Aug 26, 2008

3 people were killed at the scene, while 4 others died later at a hospital. ...

12:16 PM, Oct 20, 2007

Sources say that the World Bank-appointed neutral expert Raymond Lafitte wants India to incorporate some changes. ...

07:47 AM, Dec 05, 2006

Pakistani police arrests over 40 suspected Taliban fighters in a series of raids in Baluchistan. ...

05:51 PM, Oct 07, 2006

Opposition parties of Baloch have spurned Islamabad's offer for talks while Bugti's slaying inflames other parts of Pak. ...

05:56 PM, Sep 06, 2006