baluchistan province

Seven people died when the roofs of their homes collapsed in the downpour overnight in Quetta, the capital of southwestern baluchistan province, the agency said. Two bodies swept away by floods were found near a dam on Tuesday.

The assailants gunned down Allahdad Tareen as he came out of the mosque after evening prayers on Monday in the village of Pashin in baluchistan province, according to police official Zareef Khan. He said an investigation is underway.

In Pakistan's baluchistan province, three Sindhi barbers were killed by unidentified gunmen in a targeted attack in Panjgur district. The gunmen, who fled on a motorbike, are suspected to be Baluch separatist militants. This incident is part of a series of targeted killings of non-Baluch residents, often accused of espionage for the Pakistani military.

At least 29 people were killed in Pakistan’s southwestern baluchistan province on Tuesday when gunmen opened fire on Shia Muslim pilgrims traveling in a bus to Iran in an apparent sectarian attack.

Gunmen shot and killed six construction workers overnight in the volatile southwestern baluchistan province, Pakistani police said Saturday. Police officer Hidayatullah Dashti said gunmen opened fire overnight at eight construction workers in the city of Turbat, about 377 miles (about 606 kilometers) south of Quetta — the capital of the province. Two survived, he said, and were hospitalized for treatment.

The deceased naval personnel were identified as Sohail, a sailor, and Noman, a barber. The injured was identified as Raza. Soon after the incident, the security forces rushed to the scene of the attack and took the injured to the hospital.

The overnight attack happened in Pasni, a district in the impoverished baluchistan province, according to a military statement. It said a search operation was still underway to arrest those who orchestrated the bombing.

A roadside bomb targeting a police vehicle in volatile southwestern Pakistan on Monday killed at least four people and wounded 18 others, mostly civilian pedestrians, a government spokesperson said. The attack happened in Quetta, the capital of baluchistan province, said Babar Yousafzai, a spokesman for the provincial government. He said the dead included two police and two civilians.

"As many as 27 Hindu families from Baluchistan have sent applications to the Indian embassy in Islamabad for asylum in India," a federal ministry official said. Hindus have been living in Baluchistan for centuries.

A roadside bombing in a remote area in southwestern Pakistan, close to the border with Iran, struck a patrol vehicle on Friday, killing six soldiers, including an army major, the military said.

A roadside bomb targeting Imran Khan's supporters killed three people in Sibi. The bombing occurred during an election rally. Police are investigating the incident, and no one has claimed responsibility. Six insurgents were also killed in the ensuing shootout, according to the government.

Heavy rains and thunderstorms have killed at least 20 people in Pakistan's Sindh and baluchistan provinces.

The death toll in the devastating earthquake that jolted Pakistan’s southwestern baluchistan province rose to 370 on Wednesday, with officials saying that many people are still trapped under the rubble.

Gunmen dragged 20 Shiite Muslim travellers off a bus and killed them at point blank range in Pakistan on Thursday, the third such incident in six months, officials said.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards announced the killing of 13 militants in Sistan-baluchistan province during a security operation. This action follows a recent armed assault on police in the region, which borders Pakistan and Afghanistan. The operation targeted a group suspected of involvement in the deadly attack, leading to arrests and casualties.