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India-Pakistan

Poliovirus cripples another child in Sindh's Shikarpur

2024-06-03

[GEO.TV] The Pakistain's polio
polio

...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set. Currently the disease is only found in Pakistain and Afghanistain...
program on Saturday announced another child being paralysed by the wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in Shikarpur district of Sindh, bringing the total number of cases in the country this year to four.

The regional reference laboratory for polio eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Islamabad notified that WPV1 was detected from stool samples collected from a 2.5-year-old child from Birkhan Union Council (UC) of Shikarpur.

On the other hand, Polio Eradication Programme’s national coordinator Dr Shahzad Baig stepped down from his post due to "personal reasons".

Meanwhile,
...back at the argument, Livia grabbed for Jane's hair to make her point. Jane elbowed her in the face in rebuttal...
health authorities assigned the work of the coordinator of the National Emergency Operation Center (NEOC) for polio eradication to the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination (NHS, R&C) Joint Secretary Captain (retd) Anwar-ul-Haq, in addition to his own duties with immediate effect until further notice.

Providing details about the fourth polio case, the program officials stated that the child had onset paralysis on May 11. Genetic sequencing of the virus isolated from his samples revealed that it is genetically linked to the imported YB3A cluster.

This genetic cluster disappeared from Pakistain in mid-2021 but remained in circulation in Afghanistan. It was reintroduced in Pakistain following cross-border transmission last year.

It is worth mentioning here that it is the first polio case from Sindh this year as earlier three cases have been reported from the Dera Bugti, Chaman and Killa Abdullah areas of Balochistan.

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India-Pakistan

24 terrorists killed in Mach, Kolpur during three-day long operations: ISPR

2024-02-03

[GEO.TV] At least 24 bad boyz were potted by law enforcement agencies during the "firefights and sanitisation/clearance operations" which lasted for three days in Mach and Kolpur in Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement on Friday.

The key bully boyz — killed after they attacked the Mach and Kolpur Complexes in Balochistan on the night of January 29 and 30 — include Shehzad Baloch, Attaullah, Salah Uddin, Abdul Wadood and Zeeshan, said the military's media wing.

"The identification process of remaining bully boyz is in process, the military's media wing stated," the statement read.

During an intense exchange of fire with terrorists, at least four brave law enforcement agencies personnel and two civilians embraced martyrdom. The martyred LEAs personnel fought gallantly against the terrorists.

"Law enforcement agencies deputed on security offered stiff resistance and forced the attackers to repulse," the ISPR said in its statement.

The statement further read that these bully boyz were then hunted down in the ensuing sanitisation and clearance operations which have now been concluded after clearing and securing the area.

The ISPR mentioned an effective response by LEAs is a testament to their unrelenting resolve in the fight against terrorism.

"Pakistain's Security Forces stand shoulder to shoulder with other Law Enforcement Agencies to ensure peace and stability in the country."

SECURITY FORCES REPULSE FIRE RAID
The operation by the LEAs began as bully boyz launched multiple attacks on Mach and Kolpur Complexes in Balochistan earlier this week.

The security forces repulsed a "fire raid" attempt by Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) bully boyz in Balochistan’s Mach late Monday, sources had told Geo News.

Mach city echoed with explosions and plunged into darkness after bully boyz fired several rockets from mountains, followed by heavy gunfire, on Monday night, according to The News.

People were trapped in their homes due to explosions and firing while firing also started in Kolpur town and the Gokhart Bibi Nani area.

According to security sources, unidentified persons fired 15 rockets from the mountains at 9:30pm in the Mach area of Kuchi Bolan.

Sources added security forces had received intelligence about the terrorist attack and laid an ambush for the terrorists. The bully boyz retreated after being overwhelmed by the effective response of the security forces, they added.

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India-Pakistan

Four out of the six abducted footballers 'recovered', confirms official

2023-09-30

[GEO.TV] Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
's Additional Chief Secretary Saleh Nasir confirmed on Friday that four out of the six footballers who were kidnapped in Dera Bugti have been recovered.

According to Nasir, the kidnapped footballers were rescued thanks to collaborative efforts by the local administration and law enforcement agencies (LEAs).

"The remaining two footballers will also be recovered soon," assured the official said.

Six footballers, while on their way to Sibbi were kidnapped from Balochistan's Jani Bair area of Dera Bugti earlier this month on September 9.

The players were residents of Dera Bugti and Sui. They were going to Sibi to take part in the qualifying round of the All Pakistain Chief Minister Gold Cup football tournament," Dera Bugti’s deputy commissioner had said earlier.

Caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti had blamed turbans for the kidnapping.

"An operation is being planned to recover the players. Teams of Frontier Corps
...a provincial paramilitary force. Total manpower is about 80,000. They are tasked to help local law enforcement in the maintenance of law and order, and to carry out border patrol and a..the Antwerp-based Salafist organization that had campaigned to introduce Sharia law to Belgium before single-handedly making Belgium the highest per capita supplier of jihadis to Syria in Europe. There was a big trial in Antwerp in 2015, but most of those convicted were in absentia...nti-smuggling operations....
, deputy commissioner, commissioner and Levies Force were working to trace the suspects," Bugti said.

Cricket might be the most popular sport in Pakistain but the same can’t be said for its largest province, Balochistan, since football here is a tool that promotes social cohesion among communities and helps them escape the harsh realities of life.

However,
there's more than one way to stuff a chicken...
despite the ever-growing interest in football in Balochistan, only a few are lucky enough to pursue the game professionally due to the lack of a proper system and employment opportunities.

The departmental structure in Pakistain usually shows little interest in the development of players, promotion of the sport and working at the grassroots level since it is already funded by the government. This adds to the misery of places like Balochistan which is in dire need of investment in sports and especially football.

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India-Pakistan

Militants blow up gas well in Dera Bugti

2023-09-16

They did the same about a year ago, whoever they are.

[Dawn] Unknown ~~bandidos~~ faceless myrmidons blew up a gas well in the Pirkoh gas field area of Dera Bugti

...a district in Balochistan...

on Thursday, suspending supply to various localities of the district.

Just guessing, but it seems to me this is more likely to be a Baloch Liberation Army project rather than the TTP, but the article gives no suggestions as to identity.

Officials said unknown ~~bandidos~~ faceless myrmidons planted explosives at the well No 41, which went off, causing fire in the well and suspending supply to a vast area. Security forces rushed to the site after the earth-shattering kaboom and brought the fire under control.

"The gas well was badly damaged due to the blast," officials of Oil and Gas Development Company said, adding that rearing work started in the well will be completed soon and supply would be restored accordingly.

Two days ago, unknown people had blown up two 12-inch diameter pipelines in the Zain Loti gas field area which also disrupted gas supply to many areas.

"A big portion of both the gas pipelines were blown up in the blasts," officials said, adding that engineers and other staff immediately started repairing the damaged pipelines and restored gas supply to the affected areas.

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Afghanistan

Taliban Accuses Fallen General’s ‘Atrocities’ for Mass Grave, Discovered Recently

2022-09-27

[KhaamaPress] Authorities from the Taliban
Taliban

...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
government claim that a mass grave that was recently found in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar is related to the "atrocities" of General Raziq Achakzai, fallen police chief of Kandahar.

The attention of many human rights
One man's rights are another man's existential threat.
organizations has been drawn to the mass grave, which was discovered in the Spin Boldak area of Kandahar, contiguous to Pakistain. They demand a thorough probe into this matter.

The remains of these bodies should not be further "disturbed and destroyed" pending forensic testing, Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan stated on Sunday, in a tweet.

The Taliban should collaborate with the UN and other legal organizations concerning the investigation, Patricia Gossman, the Associate Asia Director of Human Rights Watch, said in a conversation with the media.

"Rather than bring the graveyard of empires, Afghanistan is an empire of grave sites," Gossman wrote in a tweet on Monday.

The discovery of a mass grave in this area was also confirmed by the Taliban government front man, Zabihullah Mujahid, who told the media that it was "the remains of the atrocities of General Raziq."

General Raqiz Achakzai was one of the border commanders of the republic regime and was also the police chief in Kandahar province. Raziq was killed on October 18, 2018, in an armed attack.

Tolo News adds:

The deputy spokesman of the Islamic Emirate, Bilal Karimi, said that the grave site and human remains are from eight years ago and that investigations are underway in this regard.

The video shows the residents of Spin Boldak exhuming sixteen bodies.

“The residents of Spink Boldak of Kandahar discovered this grave while they were digging a well. The history of the grave goes back eight years, when the former government was in power. Our investigation has been continuing in this regard,” Karimi said.

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India-Pakistan

Gas pipeline blown up near Dera Bugti

2022-09-25

[Dawn] The main pipeline supplying gas to many areas of Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
was blown up by unidentified attackers near Dera Bugti on Saturday, officials said.

According to Levies officials, gunnies planted an bomb under the pipeline supplying gas to Dera Bugti and other areas from the Loti gas field in the early hours of the day.

The supply from the plant has been suspended after the attack. Officials said that work to repair the damaged pipeline would start after security clearance.

An investigation has been launched into the attack. No organization has grabbed credit for the attack so far.

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India-Pakistan

Two Frontier Corps officials injured in bomb blast on Quetta's Sariab Road

2022-02-08

[Dawn] Two Frontier Corps
...a provincial paramilitary force. Total manpower is about 80,000. They are tasked to help local law enforcement in the maintenance of law and order, and to carry out border patrol and anti-smuggling operations....
(FC) personnel were maimed in a kaboom on Quetta's Sariab Road on Monday, an FC spokesperson said.

The personnel were on routine patrol in a village when the bomb — fitted in a cycle of violence on the side of the road — exploded remotely as they approached the site, the spokesperson said.

The injured officials have been shifted to the FC hospital, he added.

A large number of security personnel along with a bomb disposal squad reached the site immediately after the earth-shattering kaboom, he said, adding that the area was cordoned off and a search operation was initiated.

There has been an uptick in violence in Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
with several attacks and explosions reported since the start of the year.

At least 13 bad boyz were potted and seven security personnel, including an officer, martyred during armed attacks on two security forces' camps in the province's Naushki and Panjgur districts last week.

Balochistan Home Minister Mir Zia Langove had said at the time that several threats had been issued in February. "We had threats from ISIS and so-called nationalists," he had said.

Last month, 17 people, including two coppers had been injured in a grenade attack in Dera Allahyar town of Jaffarabad district.

Prior to that, three Levies Force personnel along with a Bugti clan elder were martyred and eight others injured in twin kabooms in Sui area of Dera Bugti.

SHEIKH RASHID ALLUDES TO RISE IN ATTACKS
Over the weekend, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid — while making an apparent reference to the recent rise in terrorism incidents and attacks on security forces — said that incidents that had taken place over the past week could further increase.

"I do not want to comment on the talks here. The Taliban
Taliban

...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
have intervened but the incidents that occurred in the past week could increase. They could rise [further]," he said while addressing a ceremony held in Rawalpindi on Saturday.

Rashid did not elaborate further on this comment, which was, apparently, also an allusion to the end of a month-long ceasefire between the government and proscribed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) in December last year.

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India-Pakistan

7 soldiers martyred in terrorist 'fire raid' on FC post in Balochistan's Harnai: ISPR

2020-12-28

[Dawn] Seven soldiers were martyred in a gun attack on a Frontier Corps
...a provincial paramilitary force. Total manpower is about 80,000. They are tasked to help local law enforcement in the maintenance of law and order, and to carry out border patrol and a..the Antwerp-based Salafist organization that had campaigned to introduce Sharia law to Belgium before single-handedly making Belgium the highest per capita supplier of jihadis to Syria in Europe. There was a big trial in Antwerp in 2015, but most of those convicted were in absentia...nti-smuggling operations....
(FC) Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
post in Harnai district of Balochistan, the military's media wing said on Sunday.

The "terrorist fire raid" targeted an FC post located in Shahrag area of Harnai late on Saturday.

"During [an] intense exchange of fire, seven brave soldiers embraced shahadat while repulsing raiding terrorists," an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement said.

It said the area had been cordoned off and escape routes blocked to apprehend the fleeing miscreants.

A large scale search and clearance operation was in progress in the area.

"Such cowardly acts by inimical elements backed by anti-state forces will not be allowed to sabotage hard-earned peace and prosperity in Balochistan," the ISPR said, adding that security forces were determined to "thwart their nefarious designs at all costs".

In a tweet, Prime Minister Imran Khan

...aka The Great Khan, who who convinced himself that playing cricket qualified him to lead a nuclear-armed nation with severe personality disorders...
said he was "saddened to hear of" the soldiers' martyrdom in the attack.

"My heartfelt condolences & prayers go to their families. Our nation stands with our courageous soldiers who face attacks from Indian backed terrorists," he wrote.

The martyred personnel were identified as Naib Subedar Gulzar, resident of Mianwali; Sepoy Faisal, resident of Hafizabad; Sepoy Abdul Wakeel, resident of Pishin; Sepoy Sher Zaman, resident of Kohat; Sepoy Jamal, resident of Dera Bugti; Abdul Rauf, resident of Dera Ghazi Khan; and Faqeer Muhammad, resident of Muzaffargarh.

The incident comes five days after 10 suspected bad boyz were potted in a shootout with security forces during an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan's Awaran area.

"These bully boyz were involved in firing on security forces, which resulted in martyrdom of Lance Naik Mohammad Iqbal on Dec 20 in the Awaran area," the ISPR had said at the time.

Earlier in October, 14 coppers — seven personnel of the Frontier Corps and as many civilian guards employed by the OGDCL — were martyred in an armed attack on their convoy on the Coastal Highway in the Ormara area of Gwadar district.

The encounter took place between security forces and a large number of bully boyz on the Coastal Highway near Ormara when a convoy of the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) staff was being escorted from Gwadar to Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
.

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India-Pakistan

Three members of Levies Force injured in blast

2019-02-21

[DAWN] Three members of the Levies Force were maimed in a landmine blast in Dera Bugti on Tuesday.

Officials of the Levies Force said three members of the force were travelling on a cycle of violence

that hit a landmine in Shamsar area of Dera Bugti. The landmine blast left the three men injured.

Security personnel rushed to the area of the blast and took the injured to the district hospital.

The condition of one of them is stated to be serious. They are Nasar Din Shambani Bugti, Nabi Khan Shambani Bugti and Sultan Shambani Bugti. They were later taken to Rahimyar Khan for treatment.

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India-Pakistan

3 tribesmen killed, 2 injured by unknown attackers in Balochistan

2018-09-24

[DAWN] Three men were killed and two injured after unidentified gunnies attacked the camp of a pro-government tribal militia in the Dasht Goran area of Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
's Dera Bugti district on Sunday, Levies sources told DawnNewsTV.

The attack was carried out at 3am, after which the assailants expeditiously departed at a goodly pace, security forces said.

The dead were identified as Tahir Shambani, Ghulam Sharif Shambani and Pir Bakhsh Shambani, while Rezakh Shambani and Hafizullah Shambani were maimed. The victims belong to the Shambani tribe.

The attack was strongly condemned by former home minister Sarfaraz Bugti, who demanded that the culprits be caught at the earliest. A search operation has been launched to find the miscreants.

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India-Pakistan

5 suspected militants killed, 10 arrested in Dera Bugti operation

2018-04-22

[DAWN] Security forces neutralised five suspected gunnies in Balochistan...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
's Dera Bugti district on Saturday, security officials told DawnNewsTV.

In an operation conducted in the Bambore area, 10 suspected gunnies were also jugged
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
and a huge cache of arms and ammunition, including anti-aircraft guns, anti-tank mines and other weapons was recovered.

"The dead gunnies were involved in a series of terrorist activities in Dera Bugti and other parts of Balochistan," revealed an official who declined to be named since he was not authorised to speak to the media.

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India-Pakistan

Two 'terrorists' from banned organisations arrested by FC, claims ISPR

2017-11-25

[DAWN] Two "terrorists" from banned
...the word banned seems to have a different meaning in Pakistain than it does in most other places. Or maybe it simply lacks any meaning at all...
organizations were apprehended by the Frontier Corps
...a provincial paramilitary force. Total manpower is about 80,000. They are tasked to help local law enforcement in the maintenance of law and order, and to carry out border patrol and a..the Antwerp-based Salafist organization that had campaigned to introduce Sharia law to Belgium before single-handedly making Belgium the highest per capita supplier of jihadis to Syria in Europe. There was a big trial in Antwerp in 2015, but most of those convicted were in absentia...nti-smuggling operations....
(FC) Balochistan

...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
during an intelligence-based operation (IBO), an Inter-Services Public Relations blurb said on Friday.

The IBOs, part of Operation Raddul Fasaad, were carried out in Uch, Dera Bugti, Gulistan and Dera Murad Jamali areas.

The FC also recovered improvised bombs (IED), grenades, ammunition as well as 46 kilogrammes of explosives.

In a separate operation, forces found a cycle of violence rigged with IEDs in Dera Murad Jamali. The explosives were defused by security personnel.

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