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The Nation
April 20, 2018
The developments on the political landscape of the country including the disqualification of the former Prime Minister as a result of the Panama case, fall of the Balochistan government, the detestable horse-trading in the election for senate seats and the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of Senate, theÃÂ ...
DAWN.com
April 20, 2018
Bugti, MPAs stage walkout from Balochistan Assembly, protest bureaucracy's attitude ÷ China desires consolidated ties with Pakistan, says Chinese defence minister. April 20, 2018à...
DailyO
April 12, 2018
To an extent, fragmenting Pakistani politics makes some sense for the "deep state". ... The Balochistan model — political orphans, independents, and pliable, subservient and fungible characters being brought together to form a government — could well be replicated in Islamabad after the 2018 polls.
The Express Tribune
April 3, 2018
In the seventy years of Pakistan's history, the most recurrent and complex electoral political situation has existed in Balochistan. Insurgencies, violence and countless explanations have complicated the issue. In finding solutions, the retrogressive condition of the political parties has created a vacuum ofÃÂ ...
Pakistan Observer
March 30, 2018
The PPP already stood eliminated in the province because of various reasons and now two other national parties i.e. Pakistan Muslim League (N) and PML (Q) have been routed through political engineering. Pakistan is a federation and there was every reason to encourage, promote and strengthen partiesÃÂ ...
Pakistan Observer
March 29, 2018
Balochistan Senator Anwarul Haq Kakar and former Pakistan Muslim League–N leader Saeed Ahmed Hashmi launched a new political party, ... Senator Kakar while addressing the press conference said the economic and political rights of the people of Balochistan will be the chief priority of his party and itÃÂ ...
Geo News, Pakistan
March 29, 2018
Also present at the news conference, Kakar said the economic and social issues of Balochistan would be prioritised in the party manifesto as there should be no compromise on the rights of the people of Balochistan. Balochistan Awami Party would be a new page in the politics of the province, he added.
DAWN.com
March 22, 2018
Balochistan may be the scene of more political wheeling and dealing in the coming days, with influentials from varying political backgrounds reportedly considering joining forces to create a new political entity, credible sources told DawnNewsTV on Thursday. The new political party will comprise variousÃÂ ...
Newsline
December 31, 1999
This time, the coalition government led by PML-N, having Baloch and Pashtun nationalists, the National Party (NP) and the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) as allies, faced a similar fate. The PML-N's own dissidents went against Nawab Sanaullah Zehri, the Chief Minister Balochistan and head ofÃÂ ...
DAWN.com
January 14, 2018
There are also those who accuse the unseen hands of undemocratic forces of engineering this turn of events, but the fact is that mainstream political parties have always ... The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) too, it is believed, is ignorant about Balochistan, even though they are closer to the politics here.
The Express Tribune
January 13, 2018
However, his tenure was only darkened by politics towards its end. Zehri's tenure encompassed multiple milestones and achievements for the province of Balochistan. 1. The release of family of Baloch rebel Dr Allah Nazar. Balochistan government released the family of top Baloch separatist militantÃÂ ...
The News International
January 12, 2018
It is strange that the PML-N rebels had no successor in their mind when they succeeded in getting Chief Minister Sanaullah Zehri's resignation amid reports of differences, deepening the political crisis in Balochistan further, as the division could lead to dissolution of the provincial assembly as earlier fearedÃÂ ...
DunyaNews Pakistan
January 11, 2018
QUETTA (Dunya News) – The political crisis in Balochistan may ultimately come to an end as the parties have finally agreed on the name of new chief minister after they forced Sanaullah Zehri to resign prior to no-confidence motion. Informed sources confirmed that PML-N and PML-Q have agreed on newÃÂ ...
DAWN.com
January 11, 2018
It is remarkable that on the very day of a brutal suicide attack in Quetta, politicians were focused on their own, largely self-created political troubles. Mr Zehri has failed and before him Abdul Malik Baloch of the National Party largely failed to live up to expectations. Is there anyone in Balochistan who canÃÂ ...
The News International
January 10, 2018
Bilawal said that PML-N caused immense losses to people of Balochistan and their politics, and Sharif brothers have completely failed everywhere it was ... General Secretary Iqbal Shah, Information Secretary Sarbulund Khan Jogezai, former Deputy Chairman Senate Sabir Baloch, Aijaz Baloch, RabbaniÃÂ ...
Geo News, Pakistan
January 10, 2018
QUETTA: Following Sanaullah Zehri's resignation as the chief minister of Balochistan on Tuesday, the search has begun for his replacement as the political void intensifies in the province. Chances are that the next chief minister will also be from the ruling PML-N, with most likely candidates being SalehÃÂ ...
Geo News, Pakistan
January 4, 2018
QUETTA: The political crisis seems to be worsening in Balochistan in the aftermath of the no-confidence motion put forth by as many as 14 members of the provincial assembly (MPA) against the Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri and subsequent resignations of two members of his cabinet – MirÃÂ ...
Geo News, Pakistan
January 3, 2018
The development in the political landscape came after 14 provincial lawmakers decided to take measures against Zehri. Earlier, provincial lawmakers submitted a no-confidence motion against the chief minister of Balochistan. During Wednesday's news conference, Chandio said Nawaz heads the party ofÃÂ ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
December 31, 1999
The chief minister of Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan has resigned amid opposition lawmakers' efforts to oust him through a vote of no confidence. Hours after Nawab Sanaullah Zehri resigned on January 9, officials said at least six people were killed in a bombing near the province'sÃÂ ...
Gandhara
December 31, 1999
Politics in Balochistan, Pakistan's largest but least populated province, have been dominated by hereditary tribal chiefs and clerics whose loyalties are mostly fluid as they frequently join and abandon political parties and coalitions. The province, which borders Iran and Afghanistan, has a long coastlineÃÂ ...
Pakistan Today
October 29, 2017
Imran also said that “Aziz Baloch has exposed Asif Zardari and his family.” In a Twitter message, he said that PTI is not doing politics but doing ...
Outlook India
October 29, 2017
Indefinite strike against abduction of Baloch activist by Pak Rangers ... BHRO, which is a non-political institution and is not involved in any ...
Pakistan Today
October 29, 2017
Revival of student politics in Pakistan is a necessity ... Federation's Baloch Council from attending one of such meetings. This augmented the concerns of students who blame the administration of victimising those hailing from Balochistan. ... In the absence of unions and active political societies at students'Â ...
DailyO
October 29, 2017
Gwadar in Balochistan is the heart of Pak-China ties. ... India benefits from the public support of the Baloch people, who are willing to work with ...
The Nation
October 27, 2017
A government official Friday said a bomb struck a vehicle carrying the local leader of a political party in Balochistan , killing him and his brother.
Voice of America
October 27, 2017
They said they were fleeing human rights abuses after the recent political protests," said UNHCR spokesman Babar Baloch. At least 10 people ...
Daily Times
October 26, 2017
Balochistan has been the target of “hybrid warfare” for decades. ... 46 Baloch suffered several dead (and dozens hospitalised) due to heatstroke. ... her family to practicing law to earn her living before eventually entering politics. ... only be confirmed by improvements in the prevailing Balochistan political and ...
Economic Times
October 17, 2017
Local inhabitants in Gilgit Baltistan and Balochistan are being forcefully ... A large number of political and human rights activists from Pakistan ...
DAWN.com
October 17, 2017
QUETTA: Home Minister Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti said on Monday that as a result of joint efforts by military and political leadership all no-go areas ...
Pakistan Today
October 16, 2017
Providing free education to Balochistan and FATA's students is meant to ... created relating to the subjects of politics and international relations, ...
Newsline
October 15, 2017
The census has been a central issue in the politics of Balochistan in the .... The political parties of Balochistan, comprising Baloch and Pashtun ...
Outlook India
October 1, 2017
Ghazain Marri to enter the political arena of Balochistan ... prior to his arrival that he would face all the cases in Pakistan and join the mainstream politics. ... He is the son of Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri.
DAWN.com
September 27, 2017
At various times, an insurgency rooted in political grievances of some Baloch has been cast as externally sponsored to destabilise Pakistan or ...
Daily Times
September 25, 2017
Therefore it can't do anything to stop Baloch separatists in Switzerland from expressing their political beliefs. Until the Balochistan Liberation ...
UNPO
September 25, 2017
I come to this event as a Pakistani friend of Balochistan, in the belief that ... On top of this, the Baloch are deprived of their political rights and are ...
NDTV
September 22, 2017
Organised by the Baloch National Movement (BNM) and Jeay Sindh ... innocent civilian populations and the political dissent in Balochistan and ...
The Express Tribune
December 31, 1999
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri has said that ... two fronts — the so-called freedom fighters in the Baloch-dominated areas ... in polluting the political atmosphere of Balochistan after getting money from ... home, accept the Constitution of Pakistan and join the mainstream politics.
DAWN.com
December 31, 1999
Baloch youth urged to follow in footsteps of Bizenjo ... and Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri have ... of a philosophy who always believed in peaceful political struggle to achieve rights for the people of the province. ... Chief Minister Zehri said that Mr Bizenjo believed in politics of ...
Pakistan Observer
December 31, 1999
Balochistan, undoubtedly, is one of the most important areas of Pakistan in ... of people of Balochistan, due to lack of adequate political will and infrastructure ...
Balochwarna News
September 24, 2017
... media, the Free Balochistan Movement said its political activists will hold a protest ... The Free Balochistan Movement (FMB) said in their statement that China and Pakistan Nexus is aimed to turn Baloch demography into aÃÂ ...
Economic Times
September 24, 2017
... is being sponsored by India's spy agencies in Pakistan's Balochistan province in what he called a 'double squeeze' strategy," she alleged.
DAWN.com
September 24, 2017
A year of hostilities between the Pakistan Army and the Baloch ... People in Balochistan have strikingly similar perceptions of the politicalÃÂ ...
The Wire
September 24, 2017
Balochistan is the cauldron of the worst human rights violations in ... On top of this, the Baloch are deprived of their political rights and areÃÂ ...
Daily Times
September 23, 2017
Baloch leader Ghazain Marri has been arrested on his arrival in ... in the murder of Balochistan High Court judge Mir Muhammad Nawaz ... not yet sure of joining a particular political party but he wanted 'to be with his people'.
The News International
September 22, 2017
Later, it was in Balochistan too, that an Indian spy, serving ... a few years have set the stage for translating political goodwill into a substantialÃÂ ...
Daily Pakistan
September 22, 2017
Baloch leader Ghazain Marri arrested as he lands in Pakistan after 18-year exile ... political activities, he said: “A decision regarding political future will be ... Ghazain said he will follow suit and spent rest of life in Balochistan.
ThePrint
September 22, 2017
But that has not stopped Islamabad from taking on Switzerland for allowing the proscribed Baloch Liberation Army to run a poster campaign onÃÂ ...
Outlook India
September 22, 2017
JSMM, Sindhi, Baloch organisations hold protest outside U.N. amid Pak PM's visit ... for independence of Sindh, Pashtunitan and Balochistan regions. ... of the world to support secular political independence movements ofÃÂ ...
NDTV
September 22, 2017
Organised by the Baloch National Movement (BNM) and Jeay Sindh ... innocent civilian populations and the political dissent in Balochistan andÃÂ ...
Economic Times
September 20, 2017
The issue of Balochistan has figured prominently at the current UNHRC session, with the exiled Baloch political parties highlighting atrocities ofÃÂ ...