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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
TopicBalochistan

Topic: Balochistan

Baloch Liberation Army, the insurgent group behind Karachi Stock Exchange attack

Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), which claimed responsibility for the attack, is the largest and the oldest-surviving insurgent group in the region.

Exiled Baloch journalist, who wrote about ‘forced disappearances’ in Pakistan, found dead

Sajid Hussain left Pakistan in 2012 and had been living in Sweden since 2017. He was the editor-in-chief of news website Balochistan Times.

Why Pakistan is the most chilled out in a world hit by coronavirus

A PTI minister calls coronavirus god’s punishment. Punjab CM has promised ulemas mosques won't be closed. And President Alvi has just returned from China.

Who are Baloch Liberation Army? Insurgents who killed 30 in Pakistan in last one week

The province of Balochistan in Pakistan has been witness to a violent, separatist movement for the past seven decades.

Lahore student picked up for making ‘anti-state’ speeches returns home

Mohsin Abdali was allegedly picked by unidentified armed men Thursday morning after his protest against the arrest of Awami Workers Party members.

Pakistan’s long-ailing democracy is now completely dead, thanks to its political parties

Pakistan, in the aftermath of General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s tenure extension, signals a total reverse of American political scientist Francis Fukuyama’s ‘End of History’ thesis.

Is Pakistan military building base for air-dropped nuclear bombs? What satellite images show

Satellite images show construction work on a site close to two military bases; significant expansion also on at a nuclear storage site in Sindh.

Pakistan to raise new division HQ in Gwadar to protect $60 bn economic corridor to China

Chinese security concerns were heightened after gunmen stormed a five-star hotel in Gwadar in May 2019. The target were the Chinese staying at the hotel.

Pakistan claims it arrested an Indian spy, identify him as Raju Lakshman

Pakistani police said it arrested Raju Lakshman on 31 July while he was entering Dera Ghazi Khan town from Balochistan province.

4 policemen killed & 11 injured in second terror attack in Balochistan

The attack took place near a mosque in Quetta's Satellite Town area, just when a van of Rapid Response Group officers arrived for extra security.

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Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.