In the first incident of its nature, miscreants attacked a military convoy with a remote-controlled device on Saryab Road in Quetta, killing one soldier and injuring 13 others, among them six civilians, on Sunday, official sources said. The injured also included Quetta’s Assistant Commissioner Abdul Quddus Mengal.

“The Army convoy was the target which passed by on the main Saryab road,” an official told The Express Tribune. Four vehicles were damaged in the blast, he added.

Seven people including two women were wounded on Tuesday in two different bomb explosions in two different areas of Quetta.

Police sources said that unidentified motorcycle riders threw a hand grenade in a shop in the Almo chowk area, injuring three people.

Two members of a family died of Congo virus in Quetta, SAMAA reported Tuesday.

While three more members of the same family are also under treatment at the Fatima Jinnah Hospital with similar medical symptoms.

ISLAMABAD: Political leaders and the journalists held a protest against the Israeli attack on the Gaza-bound aid ship Monday.

People from different walk of life also participated in the protest outside the National Press Club. The participants condemning the Israeli attack demanded to release Pakistani journalists.

QUETTA: At least six persons, including three policemen and three Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) officials, were injured in an explosion in Quetta on Monday. According to police officials, a man spotted a rocket in a graveyard of Kaichi Beig area of Saryab and informed the police. Police and the BDS rushed to the site to defuse the rocket. As they were doing so, a bomb planted nearby went off, injuring six officials. The injured officials were taken to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) for treatment. A case has been registered against unidentified men under the Anti Terrorism Act (ATA) and further investigations are underway. staff report

The fire that erupted at city shopping center adjacent to Liaqat bazaar, Quetta could not be controlled yet even after passing of 16 hours.
According to details, last evening the fire erupted at city shopping center, Quetta and burnt garments, cosmetics and electronic shops located in the shopping center. More >

QUETTA – Unidentified persons on Thursday threw acid on the faces of three girls in Kalat, some 200 km southeast of Quetta.

The attackers targeted Saima, Fatima and Sakina, stated to be sisters, in Killi Pandarani and escaped the scene after committing the crime. As a result, the girls received injuries and were rushed to Civil Hospital Kalat.

The teaching community of the city on Wednesday condemned the brutal killing of Balochistan University (BU) Mass Communication Department Professor Dr Nazima Talib Mehdi, who was murdered on Tuesday.

QUETTA: In a rare incident of target killing of a woman, a female professor of the University of Balochistan (UoB) was shot dead on the busy Sariab road here on Tuesday. More >