Tag: Balochistan
Rights Watch | 26 December 2022
Six security personnel were killed in terrorist attacks in Balochistan.
On Sunday, six security personnel, including a captain, were killed and at least 17 people...
Damaged houses: Chaman flood victims await govt funds
Shelterless flood victims in Chaman complain of delay in the promised government assistance in rebuilding houses destroyed in recent floods
Displaced families from Jacobabad fail to find help in Kalat City
Around 30 displaced families with sick children and women from flood-hit Jacobabad in Sindh have relocated to Balochistan’s Kalat city, only to find no support.
A Drowning Nation – Flood destruction across Pakistan
Balach Nowsherwani tragically drowned while attempting to save a minor who fell into a karez inundated with rainwater. The two are yet more casualties of an ongoing natural disaster.
Period Matters
“Menstrual hygiene is a necessity, not a luxury. Even the government has looked upon sanitary napkins as luxury products and has imposed taxes on them. Women should be getting essential products such as sanitary pads free of cost, and if not entirely free then they should not be taxed.”
Hundreds killed, thousands displaced in flood-hit Balochistan
The death toll from Balochistan floods and rains has reached a worrying 136, while at least 13,000 homes have been destroyed leaving thousands displaced and without shelter.
The Battle for Balochistan
Is the Pakistan Army ready for renewed negotiations with Baloch separatists? Rather than a military solution, is there a political solution to the crisis in Balochistan? These questions and more are the focus of Voicepk.net's special webshow on the Balochistan question.
Rights Watch | 18th July 2022
A-Division police on Sunday arrested a motorcyclist who made sexually explicit gestures at a woman traveling via rickshaw after the victim uploaded a video of the incident to social media.
Haq Do Tehreek sweeps LG polls in Gwadar
After a historical protest for the rights of the people of Gwadar late last year, the Haq Do Movement continues to make waves by clinching the most seats in Gwadar local polls
8 more injured as protests continue against FC firing
At least eight more people have been reportedly injured after FC personnel resorted to aerial firing to disperse a protest against the killing of a truck driver in Chaghai