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Topic: Balochistan

Viral video of Pakistan honour killing sparks outrage, demands for justice

While hundreds of so-called honour killings occur in Pakistan yearly with little outcry, a viral video of a couple killed over adultery in the desert sparks rare national outrage.

‘Beacon of hope for oppressed nations’—Baloch leader’s letter to PM as Parliament debates Op Sindoor

New Delhi: In a letter addressed to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior government leaders, Baloch representative Mir Yar has extended “unconditional moral...

Pakistan wants to revive jirgas—council of elders who ordered honour killing of Baloch couple

The killings have raised questions around institutional complicity, lack of enforcement, and the Pakistani government’s intent to revive a deeply flawed system.

Armed men kill 9 bus passengers after abducting them in Pakistan’s Balochistan

Passengers were abducted from multiple buses Thursday evening, said Baloch government spokesperson Shahid Rind. No organisation has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.

Pakistan fabricates terror charges, manipulates courts to frame Baloch leaders, says a Baloch group

Allegation comes after key Baloch Yakjehti Committee leaders abruptly shifted from preventive detention under Pakistan's 'order maintenance' laws to terrorism custody on 8 July.

Why do we pretend SCO still works? China runs it, shields Pakistan, sidelines India

India must now seriously reconsider its involvement in SCO, where China’s writ runs large, Pakistan’s terror networks are never condemned, and Delhi's interests are ignored.

IS Khorasan Province declares ‘war’ against Baloch groups, activists. What it means for Af-Pak

ISKP sees Baloch separatists as secular, nationalists & pro-democracy—traits it calls ‘un-Islamic’. One analyst says Pakistan can ‘technically use IS against BLA’.

Uprising in Pakistan, hope in Agra’s ‘mini Balochistan’ where families still dream of a freed homeland

Agra is home to Balochi families, many of whose elders arrived after 1947. Though they consider themselves lucky to escape persecution, yearning of freedom from Pakistan remains.

Balochis want Modi to support them against Pakistan. ‘It’ll be a masterstroke’

In an open letter shared on X, Tara Chand Baloch, a former cabinet minister in Balochistan and the president of Washington-based Baloch American Congress, accused Pakistan of perpetrating grave human rights violations in the province.

India condoles Balochistan school bus attack, dismisses Pakistan’s claims as baseless

Pakistan accused India of involvement in suicide school bus bombing in Khuzdar that left 6 dead including 4 children. MEA has rejected the allegations as diversionary.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.