At least 24 killed in Pakistan train station bomb blast, police say
Quetta, Pakistan Reuters At least 24 people were killed and more than 40 injured in a bomb blast on Saturday at a railway station in the city of Quetta in south-western Pakistan, police and other officials said. Quetta is the capital of Balochistan province, which is grappling with a surge in strikes by separatist ethnic […]
Pakistan PM says militant attacks aimed at thwarting China cooperation
Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters Attacks by separatist militants in Pakistan’s south-western province of Balochistan are aimed at stopping development projects that form part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday. The assaults that began on Sunday, killing more than 70, were the most widespread in years by ethnic militants seeking […]
More than 70 dead after militant attacks in Pakistan’s Balochistan
Quetta, Pakistan Reuters At least 73 people were killed in Pakistan’s province of Balochistan when separatist militants attacked police stations, railway lines and highways and security forces launched retaliatory operations, officials said on Monday. The assaults were the most widespread in years by ethnic militants fighting a decades-long insurgency to win secession of the resource-rich southwestern […]