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June 2006 Headlines |
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Islamabad is already battling al-Qaeda. Now it's facing an insurgency in
Balochistan
That's not going to be easy. The Baloch, a distinct ethnic group spread
over Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan, are fiercely independent and have
been a thorn in Islamabad's side for decades regardless of who is in
power. Balochistan is rich in gas and minerals, yet it is Pakistan's
poorest province. BY TIM MCGIRK Time Magazine 20.6.06 |
Balochistan’s accession to Pakistan
The political, economic, social, cultural discrimination and military
operations that Balochistan’s people are facing today are nothing new and
such things have been going on since the very inception of Pakistan. This
discrimination has taken on even more sinister overtones of late, leading
some commentators to warn that a situation seems to be emerging similar to
that which pertained in 1970-71 in respect of East Pakistan, now
Bangladesh. Sheikh Asad Rahman 18.6.06 |
Fresh air strikes in Balochistan
Even six months after President General Pervez Musharraf ordered his Army
and the Air Force to suppress the freedom struggle launched by the Baloch
nationalist elements, the freedom struggle continues to gather strength
with no sign of any impact on the freedom-fighters despite the large-scale
use of heavy weapons and air strikes. Their motivation and determination
to achieve independence remain as strong as ever. by B. Raman 17.6.06 |
Two women and two children killed in Jet bombing near Kahan
A Pakistani air force Jet bombardment killed two women and two children in
Gazital areas, 20 Km east of Marri tribal capital Kahan on Wednesday.
15.6.06 |
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Baloch Freedom fighters Attacking army post in Noshki
Video Clip By Balochwarna.org
14.6.06 |
Bomb blast damages two main railway lines in Balochistan
Two different bomb blast blowup Quetta-Taftan and Balochistan-Punjab
railway lines on Tuesday, railways official said. Baloch Liberation Army
BLA clamed responsibility for the attack. Railway track sabotage is common
in Balochistan, with most attacks clamed by BLA Baloch Liberation Army
fighting against the plunder of Baloch resources by the Punjabi tyrant’s
and demanding self-government of the Baloch people. 13.6.06 |
Explosion jolted Quetta city, 5 killed 17 injured
A bomb exploded on a road in the Pakistani town of Quetta on Monday,
killing five people and wounding 17, police and a hospital official said.
BLA spokesman Mr. Azad Baloch condemned the attack and reminded that BLA
was fighting the Government of Pakistan for its injustices and the plunder
of the Baloch Nation and said “BLA is the vanguard of the Baloch people
and would never even think of harming innocent people or their property.”
12.6.06 |
US cuts aid to Pakistan for HR record
The United States has reduced aid to Pakistan in the current fiscal year
to $300 million on grounds that Islamabad has “failed to do enough” to
improve democracy and human rights. 12.6.06 |
Withhold till Pak stops military action in Balochistan
Leading experts on global affairs have asked Washington to withhold aid to
Islamabad till it ceased military activity in Balochistan, media reports
said. Selig Harrison and Frederic Grare, noted American experts on South
Asia, have been quoted by Pakistani media as saying that the situation in
Balochistan could not only intensify the "long-simmering ethnic unrest" in
neighbouring Sindh but also become a "cauldron of fresh tension" between
Pakistan and Afghanistan. 11.6.06 |
Gas supply to five districts suspended after blasts
Gas supply was suspended to Quetta and major cities and town of four other
districts in Balochistan as two main underground transmission pipelines
feeding gas from Sui were blown up in Dashat area in the early hours of
Saturday. Another gas pipeline and a big tower of a 132KV transmission
line were also blown up in Loti gas field in Dera Bugti and Dasht area in
Mastung district. 11.6.06 |
Bomb blast in front Hub police station, 11 injured
Eleven people, including six secret service personnel and the restaurant
owner, were injured when a bomb exploded in n front of Hub police station
and near restaurant in the industrial town of Hub on Friday. 10.6.06 |
Major gas pipeline blown up in Sui, several army personnel killed in
attacks
A major gas pipeline of 18-inch diameters was blown up with explosives on
Tuesday night in Sui town, could result into total suspension of supply to
down country. Two F-16 aircraft bombarded the Bhamboor top on Tuesday
morning. Two personnel of para military forces killed and three injured in
sniper shooting in Bugti area. In the meantime, a person killed in a bomb
blast in Punjgoor and rail track blown up near Dera Murad Jamali. 7.6.06 |
Conflict in Balochistan is a costly one
In the remote desert of Balochistan, a war for independence is distracting
Pakistan as it struggles to contain Taliban and al Qaeda militants along
the Afghan border. It is up against an array of Baloch fighters who accuse
it of plundering the hidden riches of the arid southwestern province:
natural gas. But the conflict in Balochistan is also a costly one, feeding
off the deprivation in what is Pakistan's largest and poorest province
despite sitting on the nation's principal gas reserves. "It's not just a
few tribal chiefs against the government. There's a genuine movement of
Baloch nationalists" said Asma Jehangir, chairwoman of the independent
HRCP. 6.6.06 |
Railway track blown up near Quetta
Baloch insurgents (Parrarie's) planted a powerful bomb on the railway
track which exploded with a big bang damaging 10 feet of the track. 5.6.06 |
Police SHO killed in Hub
Unidentified armed men gunned down Hub SHO Muhammad Hayat Baloch on
Saturday night. He was shifted to Murshid Hospital in Karachi where he
died. Sources said the assailants were riding a bike. 4.6.06 |
Two gas pipelines blown up, several army casualties
Two gas pipelines were blown up in Pir Koh area while power supply was
suspended to Kohlu and adjoining areas after two big towers of 32kv
Barkhan-Kohlu transmission line were damaged in another blast, check posts
attacked and several army casualties on Saturday. 4.6.06 |
Balochistan
lawyers boycott courts
Responding to a call given by the Balochistan Bar Council, Balochistan Bar
Association and High Court Bar Association, lawyers boycotted court
proceedings in the province on Thursday in protest against what they
termed government excesses and registration of false cases against
lawyers. 2.6.06 |
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