Suicide blast targeting Pakistan paramilitary kills 10, officials say

September 30, 2025 4:14 PM

Suicide blast targeting Pakistan paramilitary kills 10, officials say

A suicide bombing killed at least 10 people outside the headquarters of a paramilitary force in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Tuesday, officials said. Several gunmen stormed the headquarters after the bombing, triggering a gun battle with the paramilitary, provincial Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti said in televised remarks. Bugti said the suicide bomber was driving a pickup truck and security forces killed four further attackers. "These cowardly attacks cannot deter us from bring...

Protests swamp Pakistan over forcible disappearances, killings of Baloch people

August 21, 2025 10:38 AM

Protests swamp Pakistan over forcible disappearances, killings of Baloch people

Pakistan has been swamped with protests over enforced disappearances and killings of Baloch people, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee shared the details on Wednesday. "From Quetta to Islamabad to Karachi, Baloch families are sitting on roads, in heat, in rain, only because the state has left them no other path. Their demand is simple: Stop enforced disappearances. Stop killing our children. Release the missing," the BYC wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter). BYC shared details of protests taking...

At least 24 killed in Pakistan train station bomb blast, police say

November 10, 2024 10:34 AM

At least 24 killed in Pakistan train station bomb blast, police say

At least 24 people were killed and more than 40 injured in a bomb blast on Saturday at a railway station in the city of Quetta in southwestern Pakistan, police and other officials said. Quetta is the capital of Balochistan province, which is grappling with a surge in strikes by separatist ethnic militants that has raised security concerns for projects aiming to develop the province's untapped mineral resources. Inspector general of police for Balochistan Mouzzam Jah Ansari said 24 people have ...