Pakistani school teacher gunned down in Quetta (Lead)
June 20th, 2012 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 20 (IANS) A Pakistani social activist and vice principal of a government school was shot dead by motorcycle-borne gunmen in Quetta city, police said.Mir Nazir Marri, of the ... Read more...
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Sweety has an encounter with ‘Balochis’: A satire
April 12th, 2011 - 4:22 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr. 12 (ANI): London is so pretty in April. Grey and rainy. I don't know why these English complain? Getting ready today for a party at the Shah's Belgravia flat. ... Read more...
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Two NATO supply tankers torched in Pak’s Balochistan province
January 29th, 2011 - 12:34 pm ICT by ANI
Quetta, Jan 29(ANI): In the latest attack on convoys in Pakistan carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan, unidentified men torched two NATO oil tankers in the Pinjra Pul area of Dhaddar ... Read more...
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3 die as car crashes into horse in Brazil
December 12th, 2010 - 12:26 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Dec 12 (IANS/EFE) Three of the four occupants of a car that ran into a horse on a highway in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo died when the ... Read more...
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Dropout who is engineering a hundred orphan dreams (Feature)
April 27th, 2010 - 10:16 am ICT by IANS
By Byomakesh Biswal
Bhubaneswar, April 27 (IANS) In 2000, as Rajesh Singh stood at a railway platform in Orissa, it was the end of one journey and the beginning of another.He dropped out ... Read more...
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Pakistan army sexually abusing minority women: NGO
March 23rd, 2010 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
New York, March 23 (IANS) The Pakistani army is sexually assaulting minority women and using them as sex slaves, alleges the European Organization of Pakistani Minorities (EOPM), an NGO working for the ... Read more...
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Musharraf can be arrested if Balochistan Govt. requests: Malik
November 16th, 2009 - 2:26 pm ICT by ANI
Rawalpindi, Nov 16 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that if the Balochistan Government made a request for the arrest of former president Pervez Musharraf, action would be taken. ... Read more...
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Ex-terror suspect acting as mediator between Soleckis kidnappers and Pak Govt.
March 25th, 2009 - 3:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar. 25 (ANI): Pakistan is using ex-terror suspect Hyarbyar Marri as a mediator between the terror outfit which kidnapped UN official John Solecki and the government to get the American ... Read more...
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BLUF sets 48-hour deadline for Solecki’’s release
March 17th, 2009 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
Quetta (Pakistan), Mar. 17 (ANI): The Balochistan Liberation United Front, which came into limelight after abducting UNHCR official John Solecki, has set another deadline of 48 hours for the acceptance of ... Read more...
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Imran defends alleged Balochi terror suspects in court
January 9th, 2009 - 5:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 9 (ANI): Former Pakistani cricket captain and Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan has told a British court that he supported the right for people to take up arms against their ... Read more...
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Balochs take out protest rally in London over release of two terror suspects
December 17th, 2007 - 1:37 pm ICT by admin
London, Dec 17 (ANI): A majority of Baloch living in London took out a protest rally to in front of 10 Downing Street demanding release of Hyrbyair Marri and Faiz Baloch, who ... Read more...
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Two Baloch rights activists arrested in London
December 6th, 2007 - 4:23 pm ICT by admin
London, Dec.6 (ANI): Two exiled human rights activists from Baluchistan were arrested on Tuesday by the Metropolitan Police in an operation code-named Operation Super Sweep/Swift.
Faiz Mohammed Baluch and Nawabzada Herbiyar Marri were ... Read more...
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HRCP strongly denounces killing of Balach Marri
November 24th, 2007 - 1:47 pm ICT by admin
Lahore, Nov 24 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly denounced the mysterious killing of Mir Balach Marri.
The HRCP, in a statement said that it was shocked and ... Read more...
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Pak forces kill Baloch leader Balash Khan Marri (Flash)
November 21st, 2007 - 10:40 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, Nov.21 (ANI): Pakistani security forces today notched up a major success against the Baloch nationalists when they shot and killed senior Baloch leader Balash Khan Marri.
According to official sources, Marri was ... Read more...
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