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ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will Monday (today) resume hearing in a petition filed against closure of a road due to Baloch protestors in the federal capital.

ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Thursday directed Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police (Operations) and Deputy Commissioner Islamabad to appear before the court in person in a petition filed against closure of a road due to Baloch protestors.

DOHA: Palestinian writer and researcher Abdulla Moaswes has raised alarm over what he describes as an emerging Israel-India nexus attempting to co-opt the Baloch separatists for their own geopolitical interests. In an article published by Al Jazeera, Moaswes pointed to the launch of the Balochistan Studies Project (BSP) by the Middle East Media Research Institute […]

International human rights organisation Amnesty International on Tuesday called upon Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti to “release all detained Baloch activists”. In March, Dr Mahrang Baloch and other Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) members were arrested for “attacking” the Quetta Civil Hospital and “inciting people to violence”, a day after the group faced a police crackdown while protesting against alleged enforced disappearances. The BYC is a Baloch advocacy group working against enforced disappearances since 2018. “I urge you [Balochistan CM] to release all Baloch activists targeted solely for exercising their rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression,” the sample letter by Amnesty read. It called on CM Bugti to drop all charges and overturn detention orders against Baloch activists targeted solely for exercising their rights. “End the wider crackdown against activists and protesters across the province by allowing them to exercise their rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and expre...

Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti has alleged that Baloch rebels are receiving official support and shelter in Afghanistan.