Balochistan

U.S. investment interest grows in Pakistan’s critical minerals sector

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View from Pakistan

U.S. investment interest grows in Pakistan’s critical minerals sector

Pakistan’s critical minerals sector is attracting renewed interest from American companies, with investors exploring opportunities in copper, antimony and other strategic minerals as global competition intensifies to secure supplies for defence, artificial intelligence and clean energy industries.

Pakistan coal mine blast leaves at least 18 dead as 14 remain trapped

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Pakistan mine blast

Pakistan coal mine blast leaves at least 18 dead as 14 remain trapped

At least 18 coal miners have been killed and 14 others remain trapped after a powerful methane gas explosion caused part of a mining complex to collapse in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, officials said on Thursday.

Pakistan says 42 of its security personnel killed by militants

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Balochistan

Pakistan says 42 of its security personnel killed by militants

Militants in southwestern Pakistan have killed 42 army and police personnel in multiple attacks, the country’s military has said.

Deadly Pakistan bus plunge kills 40 in mountainous Balochistan

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Bus Crash

Deadly Pakistan bus plunge kills 40 in mountainous Balochistan

At least 40 people were killed after a passenger bus plunged off a highway into a ravine in southwestern Pakistan, officials said on Friday (3 July).

Pakistan says it shot down four Afghan drones after cross-border strikes

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Pakistan says it shot down four Afghan drones after cross-border strikes

Pakistan's military said on Wednesday it intercepted and destroyed four drones launched from Afghanistan into Balochistan, days after Islamabad carried out cross-border strikes against what it described as militant hideouts in eastern Afghanistan, further escalating tensions between the neighbours.

Pakistan says 145 militants killed after attacks in Balochistan

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Balochistan violence

Pakistan says 145 militants killed after attacks in Balochistan

Pakistan’s security forces have killed 145 militants over the past 40 hours following coordinated attacks that began on Saturday across the southwestern province of Balochistan, the province’s chief minister said on Sunday, updating an earlier casualty toll.

Blast in southwestern Pakistan kills five, injures one

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Pakistan blasts

Blast in southwestern Pakistan kills five, injures one

At least five people have been killed and one injured after an explosion on Thursday in Chaman, a town in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province near the Afghanistan border, local media report.