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Govt spends Rs130m on politicians treatment

March 17th, 2010


QUETTA – More than Rs 130 million were spent on the treatment of 410 political personalities and government officials from the exchequer of Balochistan government during the financial year 2008-09, sources in Health Department told The Nation on Tuesday.
According to sources, the provincial government had sent 10 persons abroad,…

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NFC Award meaningless, says Jamil

March 17th, 2010


QUETTA – Nawabzada Jamil Akbar Bugti son of slain Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti has said that Baloch nation was not expecting any good from rulers who gave a safe passage to the killers of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti.
Talking to the newsmen on Tuesday, he said on March 17, 2005…

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Raisani greets Zardari over NFC Award

March 17th, 2010


QUETTA-Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani has expressed his greetings on the occasion of signing of the 7th NFC Award by President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday evening.
In a statement issued here on Tuesday, Raisani said that the consensus on the NFC Award was a good sign for…

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Rift surfaces in Balochistan coalition govt

March 16th, 2010


QUETTA-Differences have emerged in coalition government in Balochistan over a resolution on provincial autonomy under Pakistan Resolution and supporters of the resolution approved it on their own from the Assembly.
A resolution for provincial autonomy under Pakistan Resolution was to be presented in Monday’s session but it was withdrawn from…

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Rs2.8m bank robbery

March 16th, 2010


QUETTA-Armed men looted Rs 2.8 million from a bank in the provincial capital while a house was also robbed here on Monday.
According to details, unidentified armed dacoits broke into a branch of MCB located at Airport Road of Quetta and looted Rs 2.8 million at gun-point. In yet another…

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Two shot dead for ‘honour’ in Jaffarabad

March 11th, 2010


QUETTA-Two people including a woman were shot dead in District Jaffarabad reportedly in the name of honour on Wednesday.
According to reports reaching here, accused Abdul Majeed resident of Usta Muhammad allegedly killed his mother and her alleged paramour Ghowaram Khan and escaped from the scene after killing them. <br…

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Child injured in grenade attack on FC vehicle

March 11th, 2010


QUETTA – A child was injured when unidentified people attacked a vehicle of Frontier Corps (FC) with hand grenade at Sariab Road here on Wednesday, police said.
Unidentified armed men hurled a hand grenade on a patrolling vehicle of FC at Sariab Road and escaped from the scene after committing…

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Two shot dead in Pasni

March 10th, 2010


QUETTA – Unidentified assailants shot dead two people including a settler in Pasni town of Makran on Tuesday night.
According to police sources, unknown armed attackers on a motorbike opened indiscriminate firing at a barbershop located at main Pasni Bazaar and escaped from the scene after committing crime. As a…

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Two shot dead in Pasni

March 10th, 2010


QUETTA – Unidentified assailants shot dead two people including a settler in Pasni town of Makran on Tuesday night.
According to police sources, unknown armed attackers on a motorbike opened indiscriminate firing at a barbershop located at main Pasni Bazaar and escaped from the scene after committing crime. As a…

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Special kits reach from London for skin disease

March 10th, 2010


QUETTA-Special kits have reached from London to Islamabad to take samples of mysterious skin disease in Lundi Khosa area of District Kachchi of Balochistan.
After reports appeared in media, Federal Ministry of Health had contacted Saint Johns Medical Institute of London for diagnosis of the disease.
Official sources said special…

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Special kits reach from London for skin disease

March 10th, 2010


QUETTA-Special kits have reached from London to Islamabad to take samples of mysterious skin disease in Lundi Khosa area of District Kachchi of Balochistan.
After reports appeared in media, Federal Ministry of Health had contacted Saint Johns Medical Institute of London for diagnosis of the disease.
Official sources said special…

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Police foil terror bid in Quetta

March 9th, 2010


QUETTA – Quetta police on Monday claimed to have foiled an attack on an imambargah in Kili Qambari by killing a suspected attacker.
According to police officials, an armed man was trying to barge into the imambargah and opened fire on one of the caretakers of the religious site. The…

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Wife slaughtered for ‘honour’

March 8th, 2010


QUETTA – The unfortunate tradition of honour killing continued even on the occasion of International Women’s Day, when another wife lost her life, as her husband axed her to death in District Nasirabad of Balochistan on Sunday.
According to reports, Mithal, resident of Goth Zahid Khan, allegedly killed his wife…

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Two FC men die; 2 hurt in Quetta attack

March 6th, 2010


QUETTA – Two personnel of Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan were killed while two others suffered injuries in a bomb attack in the provincial capital on Friday night.
According to police sources, a vehicle of paramilitary troops was on routine patrolling on Spini Road near Mubarak Chowk when an explosive device…

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US planes violate Pak airspace

March 6th, 2010


QUETTA – United States planes reportedly violated Pakistan’s airspace on Friday in Chaman, a bordering town with Afghanistan.
According to reports reaching here, US planes whose number could not be ascertained remained in Pakistan’s airspace for sometime and returned back to Afghanistan. The movement of warplanes created panic amongst the…

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4 Pak workers shot dead in Kandahar

March 5th, 2010


QUETTA – Five persons including four Pakistani construction workers were killed in an ambush near Afghan city of Kandahar on Thursday. Later, their bodies were handed over to Pakistani authorities at the border town of Chaman.
According to reports reaching here, the victims were working with a Japanese construction company…

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Strike paralyses Balochistan

March 4th, 2010


QUETTA – A complete shutterdown and wheel-jam strike was observed in different towns of Balochistan on Wednesday against the killing of two students in bomb blasts at Khuzdar Engineering University. In Khuzdar, the protest was marked by widespread violence, as infuriated protestors ransacked banks and utility stores besides torching a…

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