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Pakistani military helicopter crashes in Balochistan; 6 soldiers dead

A Pakistani military helicopter crashed in Balochistan province late on Sunday killing all six soldiers on board, the country's media affairs wing said on Monday."All six personnel on board, including two pilots, have embraced shahadat," Dawn newspaper quoted the Pakistan military's public relations wing saying in a statement.No reason was given for the helicopter crash in the southwest area of the country.Former federal minister Fawad Hussain Chaudhry said helicopter flying is getting dangerous and needs engineering evaluation."Heli flying is getting dangerous this needs engineering evaluation, too many crashes ...RIP Braveheart's all were too young to die," Chaudhry tweeted.The latest incident comes weeks after a similar chopper crash took place in August which claimed six lives including Quetta Corps commander Lt Gen Sarfraz Ali, Dawn reported.The chopper had lost contact with the air traffic control in Balochistan's Lasbela district.The remains of the military chopper's wreckage, .

Internet, mobile services restored in Balochistan after brief suspension

Amid devastating floods across Pakistan and frequent power outages, the internet and mobile services in Balochistan were restored after hours of suspension

Flood wreaks havoc in Balochistan, kills 8 more; death toll mounts to 225

Floods continue to wreak havoc in Balochistan as eight more people lost their lives in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 225, ARY News reported

At least 8 killed in fresh spell of heavy rains in Pakistan's Balochistan

At least eight people, including a child, were killed in a fresh spell of heavy rain that lashed parts of Balochistan, local media reported.Of those who lost their lives, three were killed in the Killi Khali neighbourhood located on the outskirts of Quetta where heavy rains brought down the walls of two houses. Another death was reported in the Chaman district, the Dawn reported.Meanwhile, the District's deputy commissioner, Munir Ahmad Kakar said, "Four of the deceased were swept away in flash floods that hit Qila Abdullah district late on Friday night. They were among the 15 who were on a tractor trolley when it was washed away. The rest of the people remained missing."Meanwhile, traffic between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan was suspended for the second time this month on Friday after a temporary steel bridge installed at the Karakoram Highway (KKH) was swept away by the flash flood in the Ichar nullah area of Upper Kohistan.Mohammad Asif, the deputy commissioner of Upper .

Pakistan: Consecutive earthquakes strike rain-hit Balochistan province

According to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre, the first earthquake of 5.6 magnitude struck at 6:42 p.m. It had a depth of 60 km, a longitude of 63.62 East and a latitude of 25.21 North

Pak death toll from rains, flood reaches 320; PM visits Balochistan

Pakistan PM Shahbaz Sharif has visited flood-ravaged Balochistan province and assured the affected people of all possible help in their rescue and rehabilitation

3 injured in football match blast in Pakistan's Balochistan province

At least three persons were injured in a blast in Turbat city of Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, local media reported

Heavy rains in Balochistan claim 11 lives, leave over 6,000 houses damaged

The recent spell of monsoon rains, which started on June 1 has claimed as many as 111 lives in Balochistan, the Chief Secretary of the country, Abdul Azai Aqili revealed on Thursday

Pakistan: 8 more die in rain-related incidents in Balochistan, Sindh

Heavy rains continued to cause great damage in several areas of Pakistan's Sindh and Balochistan province, as eight more people lost their lives in rain-related accidents

Protests in Balochistan against 'fake encounter' by Pak security forces

Protests were held in Turbat and the provincial capital Quetta in Balochistan against the alleged "fake encounter" of Baloch missing persons by the Pakistani security forces in Ziarat

At least 19 die as bus falls in ravine in southwest Pakistan: Report

Over 30 passengers were on the bus which was heading to Balochistan's provincial capital Quetta from the country's capital Islamabad

BNM urges global communities to pay heed to Pak atrocities on Balochistan

In a public demonstration held in Munster, Germany on Saturday, the Baloch National Movement (BNM) called on international communities to take notice of Pakistan's increasing atrocities on Balochistan

Pak PM urges Balochistan people to ensure security of foreign investors

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has urged the people of Gwadar in Pakistan's restive Balochistan to ensure security of friendly foreign investors, including from China, who are making huge investments

Imran Khan-led PTI govt miserably failed' people of Gwadar: Pak PM Shehbaz

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday hit out at the previous government led by ousted premier Imran Khan for "miserably failing the people of Gwadar, a day after he visited the port city in Balochistan and inaugurated a six-lane expressway built under the USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Expressing dissatisfaction over the slow pace of work on projects in Gwadar, the prime minister asserted that the development of Pakistan was linked with peace, stability and progress in Balochistan. The coalition govt aims to assist Balochistan by working with the provincial govt & local elders to chart the way forward, Sharif said in a tweet on Saturday. "During my visit to Gwadar, I witnessed how PTI govt miserably failed the people of Gwadar. Despite wasting billions of rupees & precious time, it could not complete any project for resolution of water & electricity issues for the locals who gave great sacrifices for Gwadar port," he said. During his ...

Balochistan rebels attack Pakistan intelligence offices in Kharan city

Baloch rebels have intensified their attacks on Pakistani military agencies

Pakistan: Balochistan Governor resigns after Imran Khan-led govt's ouster

The outgoing governor belongs to Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

Pakistan crisis: Opposition demands postponement of Balochistan LG election

Pakistan Opposition party Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif demanded the postponement of the local government election in Balochistan in view of the political situation

Anti-Pak terror outfits regrouping in Balochistan via Iranian provinces

Anti-Pakistan terror outfits are regrouping in Balochistan via the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan, the Interior Ministry in Islamabad has confirmed.

Rise in terror incidents in Balochistan leaves Pakistan govt in a fix

As the security situation in Balochistan province continues to worsen, analysts have pointed to the spread of violence to urban centres by rebels of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

Honour killing cases up in Pak as Balochistan reports 5 killings in a day

Three women and two men were killed in the name of honour in Jaffarabad, Mastung and Hub areas during the past one day, reported Dawn citing police