The official inauguration of the Gwadar International Airport, initially scheduled for August last year, was delayed multiple times due to security concerns in Balochistan.
Even though over 20% of Pakistan's military is Pashtun and they are well represented in the bureaucracy, the gap between the Punjab-dominated state and the Pashtun people is widening.
Militant group Baloch Liberation Army took responsibility & claimed many more attacks, including one on a major paramilitary base, though Pakistani authorities have yet to confirm these.
Baloch people have been protesting 'continued oppression by Pakistan state'. Their demands include stopping use of force, releasing arrested participants, opening highways of Balochistan.
Balochistan govt says there were 'unconfirmed rumours of firing by security forces' in Matsung, according to media reports. Baloch National Gathering was due to be held in Gwadar Sunday.
Makran Commissioner Saeed Ahmed Umrani told the security forces had foiled an armed terrorist attack at the PNS Siddique Naval Air Base, one of the biggest naval air stations in the country.
Activists like Mahrang Baloch are trying to seek international human rights support against the 'pressure created by the state to sabotage the Baloch struggle'.
Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.
On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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