Tags : Quetta

Prostitution ring working at Quetta hospital was exposed

 An organized gang has been running a prostitution ring in the Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Quetta, a private TV channel revealed on Friday. As per details, Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Quddus Bizenjo has taken note of the incident and has directed the relevant authorities to investigate. Also Read: 20 more dead bodies from Nishtar hospital […]Read More

Across Balochistan, 9 terror attacks claim 5 lives, injure 15

QUETTA: Some nine attacks by terrorists across the province claimed at least five lives and injured 15 others in what appeared to be latest surge of terror wave in trouble-hit Balochistan. Details gathered by private news channel revealed the first incident reported at Quetta’s Sabzal Road when two grenades hurled at a shop of scrap-seller, […]Read More

Quetta: Railway track restored; says Railway Ministry

The Railway ministry has told that the Quetta, Taftan international railway track has been restored after repair from flood and rain damage, private news reported.  The Quetta-Taftan track was unoperational since July 29 due to heavy rainfall and flooding in the country. The track has been restored after special orders by railway minister Khwaja Saad […]Read More

Blast in Quetta: One killed and 13 injured

At least one person was killed and more than 13 were injured in a blast in Quetta Poodgali Chowk on Friday, a health department official confirmed. According to Balochistan Health Department media coordinator Dr Wasim Baig, the injured moved to Civil Hospital’s Trauma Centre in the city. He said the deceased identified as Muhammad Murad. […]Read More

Flour prices may soar to Rs 200 per KG

KARACHI: Flour mills association has warned that the prices of flour could reach Rs200 per kilogram and demanded of the government to allow wheat import to avoid the situation, Private NEWS reported. The mills have hiked the prices in wholesale market where the prices have soared to Rs90 per kilogram after a hike of Rs10 […]Read More

Karachi: Flour price reaches record high of Rs 2140 per

KARACHI: The flour prices in the country have reached record high after a 20-kg bag of the commodity is being sold at Rs2,140 in Karachi, Private NEWS reported quoting Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) data. Karachiities are being forced to buy costliest flour in the country as the citizens are forced to buy the flour […]Read More

Flooding: Train services from Lahore to Karachi, Quetta suspended

Train operations have been suspended due to disastrous rains and flooding in Sukkur and Hyderabad after which several rail tracks were submerged, private news reported on Friday. The Pakistan Railways spokesperson also said that the train operations from Lahore to Karachi and Quetta closed from August 26 to 30 for ensuring the safety of the […]Read More

Leader PTI Imran Khan to address public rally in Quetta

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Qasim Khan Suri has said that Imran Khan will address a public rally in the Balochistan capital Quetta on September 4, private news reported on Tuesday. Also Read: SHC bars Sindh govt from arresting leader PTI Haleem Adil Qasim Khan Suri said in a statement that the people of Balochistan want […]Read More

Lt Gen Asif Ghafoor appointed corps commander of Quetta

RAWALPINDI: Former director-general of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lieutenant General Asif Ghafoor has appointed Corps Commander Quetta, private news channel reported Wednesday citing the military’s media wing. Also Read: Grenade blast in Karachi, takes two cops’ lives According to the ISPR, Lt-Gen Ghafoor has appointed to replace his predecessor, Lt-Gen Sarfraz Ali who along […]Read More

Monsoon rain: 9 killed as lashes in Quetta

QUETTA: At least nine people, including women and children, killed as monsoon rain lashed the provincial capital of Balochistan and triggered flash floods in several places. A provincial disaster management agency said Tuesday. Seven people died when the roofs of their homes collapsed in the downpour overnight in Quetta, the agency said. Two bodies swept […]Read More