No single date left such a lasting impression on the society and politics of Balochistan like August 26th, 2006. It was, no doubt, “Balochistan’s 9/11” when the province’s former governor and elected chief minister Nawab Mohammad Akbar Khan Bugti was brutally murdered by the democracy-blind military dictator, General Pervez Musharraf.

Pakistan Senate's Deputy Chairman Mir Jan Mohammed Khan Jamali has claimed that water from the swollen Indus River was directed towards Balochistan's Jaffarabad, inundating almost 85 percent of the region, in order to keep the Shahbaz Airbase in Jacobabad safe.

The day must come when sanity prevails in Balochistan, no matter which side proves to be acting in a rational manner. Pakistan is in a very bad way. By most standards of measurement, it is a failed state, or very close to it. The emergencies generated by the latest natural disasters probably won’t cause forced relocations quite as enormous as those that have been generated by the Army’s many unwise military operations.

QUETTA: Six people including 5 children have been killed due to spread of gastro in Pashin and Sibbi. According to reports received here, five children Asghar Khan, Nake Mohammad, Zahoor Ahmed, Qurban and Khadija were killed due to gastro in Kali Kamal Zai while more than 200 have been affected. The affected children are being treated by the Health Department.

QUETTA: After devastating Dera Allahyar and hundreds of other settlements in and around Rojhan Jamali, floodwaters have entered the area of Hafizabad, Cattle Farm, Cadet College and Agricultural Research Centre and are now threatening Usta Mohammad and Gandakha towns. The administration has issued a flood warning and the towns are being evacuated.

ISLAMABAD: Gunmen shot dead at least 16 people of Punjabi-origin in two separate incidents of ethnic killings in the insurgency-hit Balochistan province in southwest Pakistan on Saturday. In the first incident, a group of gunmen riding motorcycles intercepted a passenger bus going from Lahore to Quetta in Aab-e-Gum area this morning.

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QUETTA: The United States Consul General to Karachi, Mr. William Martin, has reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to  to help Balochistan on long-term basis in rebuilding the basic infrastructure and local economy. He said he looked forward to working with Balochistan in a partnership.

BRUSSELS, August 11, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the Members of the Baloch Forum in the European Parliament hosted a dinner with the Baloch leaders from Balochistan. Chairman Mr. Ryszard Czarnecki, MEP, hosted the event with a presence of MEPs and a representative from Balochistan, Mr. Mehran Baloch.

The UN Refugee Agency will urgently airlift relief items to flood stricken Balochistan Province to boost relief supplies available to meet the needs of vulnerable people forced to flee the floods. Estimates put the number of people in Balochistan in need of shelter assistance at 287,000, but damage assessment across eastern areas of the province is ongoing and that number is expected to rise.

QUETTA: On the eve of Pakistan’s Independence Day, which Baloch insurgents celebrate as a ‘black day’, Balochistan was rocked by multiple attacks, spreading immense panic across the province. There were at least three rocket attacks and a deadly assault on a police check post in Quetta, as well as explosions in Gwadar, Mastung, Khuzdar and Hub.