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Explosion outside Pakistan paramilitary forces HQ in Quetta kills 10 | On cam

Ambulances rushed to the site in front of the Frontier Constabulary and rescuers transported the wounded to nearby hospitals.
Updated on Sept 30, 2025 09:06 pm IST

Who is Kashish Chaudhary? 1st Hindu woman assistant commissioner in Balochistan

Kashish Chaudhary said "discipline, hard work, and the desire to contribute to society" led her to achieve this remarkable feat.
Published on May 14, 2025 06:34 am IST

ATF personnel killed, 6 others injured in IED blast in Pak's Quetta: Report

Security forces reached the blast site immediately and cordoned off the area for investigation. (File)
Published on Mar 16, 2025 07:28 am IST

Pakistan train hijack hostages end ordeal with arrival in Quetta

A special train, organized by the army for the wounded and survivors rescued by security forces from a passenger train attacked by insurgents, arrives at a railway station in Much, in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, Wednesday, March 12, 2025.
Published on Mar 13, 2025 12:31 pm IST

How BLA militants hijacked Pakistan train: Blew up railway track, killed driver

A paramilitary soldier stands guard at a railway station in the Sibi district of southwestern Balochistan province on March 12, 2025, during a security operation against militants a day after they hijacked a passenger train.
Updated on Mar 12, 2025 03:36 pm IST

Pakistan blast: Video shows moment explosion occurred at Quetta railway station

The blast took place inside a Quetta railway station when the Peshawar-bound express was about to leave for its destination.
Updated on Nov 09, 2024 01:09 pm IST

Pakistan blast: 14 Army soldiers among 25 killed at Quetta railway station

A man carries passengers' belongings from the blast site after an explosion at a railway station in Quetta, in Pakistan's Balochistan province on November 9, 2024.
Updated on Nov 09, 2024 02:52 pm IST

3 dead in grenade attacks on a store selling national flags ahead of Pakistan's Independence Day

3 dead in grenade attacks on a store selling national flags ahead of Pakistan's Independence Day
Published on Aug 14, 2024 02:41 am IST

HT This Day: June 4, 1935 -- 36,000 dead in Quetta and Mastung

HT This Day: June 4, 1935 -- 36,000 dead in Quetta and Mastung
Updated on Jun 03, 2023 11:27 pm IST

Deadly blast in Pakistan's Quetta; 4 killed, several injured

Four people were killed and eight injured in a bombing targeting a police vehicle in a marketplace in Pakistan. (HT File Photo/Representational image)
Updated on Apr 10, 2023 07:00 pm IST

Passenger bus falls into ravine in Pakistan, 40 killed

Rescue workers collect remains from the burnt wreckage of a bus accident in Bela, an area of Lasbela district of Balochistan province, Pakistan, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. The passenger bus fell into a ravine and caught fire killing dozens people in southern Pakistan on Sunday, a government official said. (AP Photo)
Updated on Jan 29, 2023 01:39 pm IST

3 killed in suicide bombing near Pakistan's Quetta: Police

Baluchistan, bordering Iran and Afghanistan, is a key province in southwest Pakistan, where China has been working on projects related to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
Published on Sept 05, 2021 12:45 pm IST

Won’t be blackmailed into visiting Hazara mourning slain kin, says defiant Pak PM

Maryam Nawaz (left), opposition leader and daughter of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, meets with mourners from the Shia Hazara community gathering near the coffins of miners, who were killed in an attack by gunmen in the mountainous Machh area, during a sit-in protest at the eastern bypass on the outskirts of Quetta on January 7.
Updated on Jan 08, 2021 06:46 pm IST

Pakistani PM Imran Khan asks Shiites to bury coal miners killed by IS

Shiite Muslims chant slogans during a sit-in to protest the killing of coal mine workers by gunmen near the Machh coal field, in Lahore, Pakistan.
Published on Jan 08, 2021 03:19 pm IST

Hazara refuse to bury 11 miners killed by IS till Imran Khan comes. He says no

People from the Shia Hazara community chant slogans during a sit-in to protest the killing of coal mine workers by gunmen near the Machh coal field, in Quetta, Pakistan on January 6.
Updated on Jan 07, 2021 12:16 am IST

Check out a virtual pandemic-era travelogue focused on South Asia

Karachi. For some, the repository offers glimpses of cities they will likely never visit. For others, it is a reminder that borders often separate people who were once one.
Updated on Dec 27, 2020 05:41 am IST

Pak joint oppn holds massive rally in Quetta

PDM had held two mammoth rallies in Gujranwala and Karachi in the past weeks seeking the ouster of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Published on Oct 26, 2020 02:56 am IST

Islamist party chief’s elevation as joint oppn movement’s leader raises eyebrows in Pakistan

Maulana Fazlur Rehman (front right) reads out a statement at a press briefing following a meeting of the opposition alliance in Islamabad on September 20.
Updated on Oct 04, 2020 11:56 pm IST

After 70 years, temple handed back to Hindus at Zhob in Pakistan’s Balochistan

A special ceremony was held to hand over the keys to the temple to Hindu leaders.
Updated on Feb 08, 2020 10:12 pm IST

13 killed, several injured in blast at mosque in Pakistan’s Quetta: Report

At least 13 people including a prayer leader and a police officer were killed in a powerful bomb blast at a mosque in Balochistan’s capital Quetta on Friday
Updated on Jan 10, 2020 08:43 pm IST

5 killed, 38 injured in blast targeting police vehicle in Pakistan

A powerful blast targeting a police vehicle in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province has killed five people, including two security personnel, and injured 38 others.
Updated on Jul 31, 2019 12:03 pm IST

Bomb at Sunni Muslim mosque in Pakistan kills two, wounds 14

Image used for representational purpose only.
Published on May 24, 2019 04:28 pm IST

Bombing at open-air market in Pakistan’s Quetta kills 16, wounds 30: Officials

Members of the bomb disposal unit survey the site after a blast at a vegetable market in Quetta, Pakistan April 12, 2019
Updated on Apr 12, 2019 11:44 am IST

Pakistan election 2018: At least 29 killed in blast targeting police van in Quetta

A man mourns the death of a relative, who was killed in a suicide blast in Quetta, Pakistan July 25, 2018.
Updated on Jul 26, 2018 01:09 am IST

23 killed in Pakistan coal mine collapse due to gas explosion

Pakistani volunteers and mine workers shift to their injured colleague on a stretcher upon arrival at a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, Saturday, May 5, 2018.
Updated on May 06, 2018 02:00 pm IST

Blasts in Pakistan’s Quetta kill five policemen

Policemen and locals gather near a destroyed police truck, after three suicide bomb attacks in southwestern city of Quetta, Pakistan April 24.
Updated on Apr 24, 2018 11:19 pm IST

Pakistani Christian family shot dead, Islamic State claims attack

A member of the Iraqi rapid response forces walks past a wall painted with the black flag commonly used by Islamic State militants, at a hospital damaged by clashes during a battle between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants in the Wahda district of eastern Mosul.
Updated on Apr 03, 2018 07:04 pm IST

Shane Warne, Wasim Akram ‘blown away’ by Pakistani child cricket prodigies

Wasim Akram posted this picture of him training six-year old aspiring pace bowler Hasan Akhtar, who had gone viral on social media for his clean bowling action.
Updated on Mar 31, 2018 01:34 pm IST