The arrest of Mahrang Baloch, leader of a civil rights movement in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan Province, draws ...

In recent times, Mehrang Baloch has emerged as a vocal figure in the ongoing conflict between Baloch nationalist groups and the state. Her actions have drawn the attention of both local ...

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister on Thursday commended the country’s armed forces for successfully rescuing 339 passengers after a deadly train hijacking by insurgents in ...

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister traveled to restive southwestern Balochistan province Thursday to meet survivors of a train attack and the commandos who rescued over 300 ...

Pakistan Train Hijack Highlights: In a significant escalation of the separatist conflict in Pakistan, militants in Balochistan attacked a Peshawar-bound train on Tuesday, initially taking around ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pakistani authorities on Wednesday said an insurgent attack on a train carrying hundreds of people had ended ...

It’s been 25 hours since Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) insurgents stopped a long-distance train in a rugged, mountainous area south of Quetta and took passengers hostage and 157 passengers out of ...

The Jaffar Express hijack is not the first such act of terrorism by the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA). The BLA's demand for an independent state of Balochistan has intensified in the past six ...

'Such cowardly acts will not shake Pakistan’s resolve for peace': Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif Spoke with Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti who briefed me on the latest developments in the heinous ...

Pakistan security forces contradict BLA statements. Security forces claim they have freed 80 hostages from terrorists. Those released include 43 men, 26 women and 11 children. Security forces told ...

The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has said it blew up a railway track and opened fire on a passenger train on Tuesday, taking dozens of hostages. The Jaffar Express was running from Quetta, the ...

ISLAMABAD, March 12 — Three people were killed and around a hundred hostages freed by Pakistani troops yesterday after armed militants attacked a train carrying over 450 passengers in the country’s ...