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Topic: Balochistan

Electoral ploy? Rights group questions Trudeau on silence in Karima Baloch case

Citing Canadian PM's actions on Nijjar killing, Baloch Human Rights Council urges probe in death of Karima Baloch, who was living in Canada for 5 years & was found dead in Toronto in 2020.

Balochistan is misunderstood. Its stunted development driving Pakistan back onto the rocks

A CPEC-proposed new road will devastate the local boat construction industry. The old town of Gwadar looks like a dump, but Rawalpindi doesn’t care.

Pakistan minister’s private jail had 3 dead—Balochistan case shows ‘law of the jungle supreme’

A Dawn editorial said ‘In large swathes of Pakistan, particularly Balochistan, the law has no meaning.’

CPEC made Gwadar look attractive to Pakistan. But ‘development’ ringing hollow to local people

Rather than ensuring people’s welfare and the survival of their professions, the Baloch government is making them dependent on foreign projects.

Pakistan declares national emergency as floods kill 937 people, including 343 children

According to the NDMA, Pakistan received 166.8 mm of rain in August, much above the average of 48 mm.

Karachi suicide attack gives new wing to Baloch insurgency. Pakistan can’t ignore it anymore

Karachi suicide bomber Shari Baloch’s death may be an act of terrorism but it rips through the silence that the Pakistani State had enforced about Balochistan.

Pakistan sees foreign hand in all. But everyone knows who is behind missing Baloch students

Hafeez Baloch was forcibly disappeared weeks ago by armed men. And yet, the investigation-free and evidence-free conclusion never changes.

Pakistan is making Baloch intellectuals disappear one by one. This time, an MPhil student

The disappearance of Hafeez Baloch comes weeks after insurgents who are part of the banned Baloch Liberation Army struck twice at Pakistan’s security forces.

Baloch grievances need political action. History shows insurgency can’t be killed with force

Like a bad dream, the ghosts of Aslam Baloch's slain insurgents resurfaced this week and stormed Pakistani military outposts in Panjgur and Noshki.

Help from Pakistan Taliban? What lies behind ‘unprecedented’ attacks by Baloch Liberation Army

Banned Baloch Liberation Army has struck twice at Pakistan’s forces in Balochistan within a week — at Panjgur and Noshki Wednesday and at a check post in Kech on 25 January.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

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.