Source: New York Times
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Pakistani government’s inquiry into the deaths of five women buried alive in so-called honor killings in the southwestern Baluchistan Province is taking place against a backdrop of widespread protests and a dispute over a politician’s defense of the practice.
News of the killings, which occurred six weeks ago, trickled […]

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I am extremely pissed-off after reading an article published in The Guardian by Declan Walsh today!
You would be too… at the insensitivity… the height of illiteracy… at such preposterous traditions that, for centuries, have marred the lives of so many… women and young girls in particular!
When will we evolve and shed off these inhuman, man-made […]

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28 May, 1998: Pakistan successfully tested its nuclear weapons at Chaghi hills in Baluchistan. The government promised the necessary follow-up measures for the people of the area to avoid any after-effects but did not fulfill the promise and hundreds, if not thousands, are known to be suffering for the effects of the nukes.

Was having nuclear […]

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Uninhabited deserts, barren land and an under-developed region going through insurgency for long – this is what I knew about Baluchistan before setting my foot there. There has been a curiosity somewhere inside me to know the details but it never grew strong enough to make a trip to the province. A few of us […]

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Source: U.S.News
Pakistan police say land mine blasts have killed three men and injured five others in insurgency-plagued Baluchistan province.
Police officer Bashir Ahmed says two men were riding a camel early Tuesday in the town of Dera Bugti when it hit a land mine, killing one man and the animal and injuring the second man. In […]

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Source: Associated Press
QUETTA — A military pickup truck struck a land mine that killed four troops and wounded two others Sunday in Pakistan’s insurgency-hit southwest, police said. A rebel group claimed responsibility for the attack.
The explosion occurred along a dirt road in Baluchistan province near the tribal town of Dera Bugti, where the troops were […]

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