Two people were killed and seven others injured in a car bomb explosion near a passenger bus heading from Khuzdar to Rawalpindi in the Khori area on the Khuzdar-Shahdadkot highway on Sunday, Dawn reported.
Pakistani forces allegedly detained a young man during a late-night raid in Turbat, while another man was reportedly killed in Mashkel, according to The Balochistan Post. The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and Pakistani military forces conducted the operation in Turbat’s Chahsar neighborhood early Sunday morning.
One person has been killed and eight injured when a roadside bomb hit a passenger bus in Balochistan province of Pakistan on Sunday. Khuzdar District Commissioner Yasir Iqbal Dashti told the media the bus coming from Rawalpindi to Khuzdar was hit by the blast on the highway, some 25 kilometres from Khuzdar town.
Main drivers behind the problem are poverty, inadequate infrastructure and extreme weather due to climate change.
A new World Bank report reveals a significant increase in poverty in Pakistan, rising from 21.9% in 2018/19 to 25.3% in 2022/23, largely due to COVID-19, inflation, and climate disasters. However, projections indicate a potential decline to 18.
Chief Minister Balochistan Sarfraz Bugti, on Monday, said that the Reko Diq project is a game-changer for Balochistan by addressing
Balochistan: Two people were killed and seven others injured in a car bomb explosion near a passenger bus heading from Khuzdar to Rawalpindi in the Khori area on the Khuzdar-Shahdadkot highway on Sunday,
Reports of enforced disappearances have emerged from multiple districts in Balochistan, with at least eight individuals missing after being detained by Pakistan
The military says security forces acting on intelligence have raided a militant hideout in southwest Pakistan and killed 27 insurgents
Pakistani authorities say the country's largest airport, which was built and funded by Beijing, has become operational in the restive southwest province of Balochistan.
The Reko Diq copper and gold project in Pakistan is expected to generate approximately $74 billion in free cash flow over the next 37 years, based on consensus long-term prices, the CEO of joint owner Barrick Gold said in a media interview.
The Gwadar International Airport and the Gwadar deep sea port built in the province under the USD 42 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project (CPEC) are seen as important for boosting trade an