Authorities block highways to stop a meeting of Baloch groups in the port city, leading to clashes in which at least two, including a soldier, are killed. Islamabad, Pakistan — Tensions are high in Pakistan’s port city of Gwadar in the southwestern Balochistan province where an ethnic Baloch group has been protesting for days, following the arrests of some of …
Thousands of Baloch people have gathered near Gwadar port city for the Baloch National Gathering, popularly known as Baloch Raaji Muchi. #BalochNationalGathering pic.twitter.com/WiUULK9tSa — Jamal Baloch July 28, 2024 Earlier in the day, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee said that shopkeepers and entrepreneurs have observed a shutter down strike in most areas of Balochistan, including Khuzdar, Kalat, Mangchar, Nushki, Dalbandin, Mastung …
Amid growing security threats in Pakistan, Chinese engineers have suspended work on hydropower projects in Swat and Shangla districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in July 2022, reported The Nation. Notably, the team of Chinese engineers working on the 84 megawatts Mitiltan hydropower project in Swat suspended the work and moved to Islamabad in July 2022 due to the security situation. The …
Something quite remarkable is happening in Gwadar, the port city in Balochistan, which is the lynchpin of the ambitious China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. But the sheer scale of the protests in Gwadar have made it impossible for ‘mainstream’ media to censor news coming out of the port city, especially since social media was fast becoming the go-to source of news. In …
