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January - 1 
Baloch Republican Party Chief and militant leader Nawabzada Bramdagh Bugti has urged the Baloch nationalist groups to abandon parliamentary politics and form a united front in their struggle for 'freedom', Dawn reported. In a telephonic press conference from an unknown location on January 1, he reje
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Baloch Republican Party Chief and militant leader Nawabzada Bramdagh Bugti has urged the Baloch nationalist groups to abandon parliamentary politics and form a united front in their struggle for 'freedom', Dawn reported. In a telephonic press conference from an unknown location on January 1, he rejected the idea of holding negotiations with the Government to resolve the Balochistan issue. He said the Baloch people did not trust state elements, which he claimed had deceived them in the past. He said the Baloch leaders, Khan of Kalat Ahmed Yar Khan, Price Agha Karim and Nawab Nauroz Khan Zarakzai, had also held talks with rulers but it proved aimless as the 'usurpers' were reluctant to recognize the national rights of the Baloch people. Bramdagh Bugti said the Baloch people were passing through a critical phase of their history and in such situations it was the responsibility of the Baloch masses, especially the political forces to realize the gravity of situation and strive for a collective struggle. He maintained that the only way to get sovereign rights was to join an armed struggle against the 'usurpers that have occupied their motherland'. He alleged that the troops in Balochistan were using missiles from the United States and Britain against their resistance movement and added that the Balochs would still be able to defeat the state forces that were killing people in military operations. Bugti also stated that tribalism, individualism and self-interest of opportunists were the main hurdles in the unity of the Baloch people.
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January - 4 
Balochistan National Party (BNP) Information Secretary and former senator Sanaullah Baloch has disclosed that the supporters of Taliban have captured land worth PKR Two billion in the eastern and western parts of provincial capital Quetta with the covert support of the ‘establishment’ in order to un
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Balochistan National Party (BNP) Information Secretary and former senator Sanaullah Baloch has disclosed that the supporters of Taliban have captured land worth PKR Two billion in the eastern and western parts of provincial capital Quetta with the covert support of the ‘establishment’ in order to undermine the Baloch nationalist movement and promote Talibanisation in Balochistan. In an interview with Daily Times on January 4, the former senator said the Government had failed to establish its writ in Quetta, where the Taliban and their supporters were consolidating their grip. Several parts of the provincial capital have become ‘no-go areas’ where the Taliban and their supporters have consolidated their position, he said. He said the Government was fully aware of these encroachments but it was deliberately silent because the Taliban enjoy the support of the Government and its intelligence agencies who wish to pit the religious elements against the Baloch nationalists. “We are surprised why the Government does not undertake a military operation against these elements who have openly challenged the writ of the Government. Military operations were carried out in Dera Bugti and Sui areas by the Government on the pretext of establishing the writ of the Government, but the state machinery does not move against the Taliban and their supporters who have illegally and forcefully captured large areas of land in Balochistan,” he said. Sanaullah said the Government was trying to patronise the Taliban elements in Quetta and its outskirts in order to undermine the power of the actual democratic forces. The Afghan refugees, besides being a burden on the economy of Balochistan, have become the biggest cause of lawlessness and terrorism in the country’s largest province, he added.
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January - 4 
Three armed groups in Balochistan on January 4 announced the formal end of a four-month-old unilateral cease-fire in response to the Security Forces’ continued military operation in the province, Daily Times reported. Declaring the end of the truce, the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) spokesman Bi
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Three armed groups in Balochistan on January 4 announced the formal end of a four-month-old unilateral cease-fire in response to the Security Forces’ continued military operation in the province, Daily Times reported. Declaring the end of the truce, the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) spokesman Bibarg Baloch said the BLA, the Balochistan Republican Army and the Balochistan Liberation Front were disappointed by the Government’s ‘lacklustre’ response to the cease-fire. The three ‘pro-independent Balochistan’ groups announced the cease-fire in September 2008. Bibarg told Daily Times they had decided to unconditionally halt their operations last September, hoping the Government would concede to the Baloch demands. He said the three groups had sincerely adhered to their pledge of not launching attacks, but alleged the Government continued the military operation, exploiting Baloch resources and killing innocent people. “We have decided to end the cease-fire in the wake of fresh attacks in Dera Bugti and Sui areas which have killed more than 50 people, mainly women and children,” said Bibarg, claiming the situation in the conflict areas was worse than what was being reported in the media, as the media had limited access to the areas. Bibarg also said the Government took the truce as an opportunity to expand the military operations to Gwadar, Turbat, and Mashky. He said the Baloch wanted to convey to the world that Islamabad would not review its policy towards Balochistan in any case.
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February - 3 
Sarbaz Baloch, a BRA spokesman, told Daily Times the murders had been carried out in reaction to a recent attack by the SFs on a wedding ceremony of a local Baloch couple. He said the attack had resulted in the deaths of the bride and the bridegroom, in addition to nine other people. He charged that
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Sarbaz Baloch, a BRA spokesman, told Daily Times the murders had been carried out in reaction to a recent attack by the SFs on a wedding ceremony of a local Baloch couple. He said the attack had resulted in the deaths of the bride and the bridegroom, in addition to nine other people. He charged that around 17 people had also been injured in the incident. “We will carry out attacks on all Punjabis wherever they live in Balochistan. We do not tolerate Punjabis on our land. It is the Punjabi forces attacking our people,” he added.
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February - 6 
The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) spokesman Bibarg Baloch on February 6 denied any BLA role in the abduction of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) head in Balochistan John Solecki. Speaking to Daily Times, Baloch said, "We are not involved in the kidnapping of the US citiz
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The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) spokesman Bibarg Baloch on February 6 denied any BLA role in the abduction of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) head in Balochistan John Solecki. Speaking to Daily Times, Baloch said, "We are not involved in the kidnapping of the US citizen in any way." Unidentified people had kidnapped Solecki on February 2 after murdering his driver in the provincial capital Quetta. The BLA spokesman, however, confirmed the group had kidnapped six officials of the Mari Indus Gas Company. He said they had not decided about the fate of the kidnapped.
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February - 16 
The Balochistan Liberation United Front (BLUF), which claims to have kidnapped American UN official John Solecki, said on February 16 it had extended a 72-hour deadline for the Government to meet demands for his release, Daily Times reported. “We have decided to extend the deadline on the appeal of
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The Balochistan Liberation United Front (BLUF), which claims to have kidnapped American UN official John Solecki, said on February 16 it had extended a 72-hour deadline for the Government to meet demands for his release, Daily Times reported. “We have decided to extend the deadline on the appeal of our honourable Baloch leaders,” a BLUF spokesman told reporters via telephone at the Quetta Press Club. “A new deadline will be announced later,” AFP quoted the spokesman as saying. UN officials have reportedly initiated contact with important Baloch leaders to persuade them to ask the kidnappers to release Solecki, sources said.
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February - 18 
In a suspected sectarian incident, unidentified men killed the Jamaat Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat-Noorani provincial leader Maulana Iftikhar Ahmed Habibi in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on February 18. According to Daily Times, Police said Habibi, who was also a regular Islamic commentator on the Pak
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In a suspected sectarian incident, unidentified men killed the Jamaat Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat-Noorani provincial leader Maulana Iftikhar Ahmed Habibi in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on February 18. According to Daily Times, Police said Habibi, who was also a regular Islamic commentator on the Pakistan Television, was killed by unidentified men when he was on his way to work. No group has claimed responsibility for the murder so far. “This is an act of sectarianism carried out by those who had previously threatened to kill Habibi,” Mir Abdul Qudoos Sasooli, the provincial president of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan, said. “The murder was carried out by the activists of banned organisations which are operating now under new names,” he said, giving the Balochistan Government a 72-hour ultimatum to arrest the murderers.
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February - 18 
The Baloch Liberation United Front (BLUF) has rejected a plea by the United Nations for direct negotiations for the release of John Solecki, the head of the UNHCR in Balochistan who was abducted two weeks ago. Mir Shahak Baloch, who claimed to be the spokesman for the previously unheard of BLUF, cal
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The Baloch Liberation United Front (BLUF) has rejected a plea by the United Nations for direct negotiations for the release of John Solecki, the head of the UNHCR in Balochistan who was abducted two weeks ago. Mir Shahak Baloch, who claimed to be the spokesman for the previously unheard of BLUF, called reporters from an undisclosed location and said the UN official’s health had worsened in the last few days. He said the group had provided details of the missing persons to the Government along with a video of John Solecki released last week. “Instead of cooperating with us, the Government is trying to move the missing persons to more secretive places. We want the UN to formulate a team and come to Balochistan to see the actual situation about the missing persons,” the BLUF spokesman said.
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February - 26 
The Inspector General of Frontier Corps (FC), Major General Salim Nawaz, has said terrorist activities are still being carried out in Balochistan despite Government efforts for reconciliation, Geo TV reported. Addressing a press conference in Quetta, he said the FC has foiled a major terrorist act i
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The Inspector General of Frontier Corps (FC), Major General Salim Nawaz, has said terrorist activities are still being carried out in Balochistan despite Government efforts for reconciliation, Geo TV reported. Addressing a press conference in Quetta, he said the FC has foiled a major terrorist act in the province by seizing a heavy stock of weapons. These weapons were to be smuggled to different parts of the country from Afghanistan. He also said no operation is being carried out in any part of Balochistan for the recovery of UN official John Solecki because it is feared that his abductors might kill Solecki on seeing the troops approaching. The officer also claimed that Brahamdagh Bugti is reported to have links with the abduction of John Solecki.
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March - 19 
The Inspector General of Frontier Corps (FC), Major General Saleem Nawaz has described as baseless reports that Mullah Omar and other Taliban leaders and militants were hiding in Balochistan and said the Taliban did not have political and tribal support in the province, Dawn reported. “The border an
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The Inspector General of Frontier Corps (FC), Major General Saleem Nawaz has described as baseless reports that Mullah Omar and other Taliban leaders and militants were hiding in Balochistan and said the Taliban did not have political and tribal support in the province, Dawn reported. “The border and other areas of Balochistan are not suitable for Taliban activities,” he told reporters at the FC headquarters in Quetta on March 18. He also said the NYT report about the presence of Taliban militants and their free movement in Quetta and other parts of the province needed to be verified, adding that Balochistan was not a safe heaven for Taliban. He claimed that political parties in the Pashtun-dominated areas were against the Taliban and the atmosphere was not congenial to the Taliban setting up their headquarters there.
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March - 26 
President Asif Ali Zardari has directed the Balochistan Government to form a parliamentary committee to hold talks with the disgruntled elements in the province, Daily Times reported. Presiding over a briefing on law and order in the province, he stressed the need for expediting the reconciliation p
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President Asif Ali Zardari has directed the Balochistan Government to form a parliamentary committee to hold talks with the disgruntled elements in the province, Daily Times reported. Presiding over a briefing on law and order in the province, he stressed the need for expediting the reconciliation process so that the disgruntled people could be brought into the mainstream and play a proactive role in the province’s development and progress. Zardari assured the meeting that the federal Government would ensure the provision of funds for strengthening and capacity-building of the law enforcement agencies of the province. He assured Balochistan that its share in the revenue generated through the exploitation of natural resources would be increased and ordered the formation of a federal parliamentary committee to look into the matter and submit recommendations.
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March - 27 
Several Baloch nationalist groups have rejected the ‘reconciliation policy’ of President Zardari for resolving the Balochistan issue, Dawn reported. Speaking at a rally on March 27, leaders of the Balochistan National Party-M, National Party and Baloch Students’ Organisation-M said the economic pack
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Several Baloch nationalist groups have rejected the ‘reconciliation policy’ of President Zardari for resolving the Balochistan issue, Dawn reported. Speaking at a rally on March 27, leaders of the Balochistan National Party-M, National Party and Baloch Students’ Organisation-M said the economic package announced in Quetta by President Zardari was a mockery of sacrifices made by people like Nawab Akbar Bugti and Nawabzada Balach Marri. They said the leaders had not sacrificed their lives for ‘some billion rupees’. The Baloch people were waging a political struggle to achieve national rights and to protect their coast and resources, the speakers said. They also said the Baloch had already rejected mega projects launched by former president Pervez Musharraf. Leaders of the Anjuman Ittehad Marri, Baloch Women Panel, BSO-A, the Baloch Bar Association and Raisani Qaumi Ittehad alleged at another rally, at Mannan Chowk, that Balochistan had been "annexed" by Pakistan without the consent of its leadership in 1948. They also said the parliament of the Khan of Kalat had not approved the accession of the province to Pakistan.
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April - 6 
The top leadership of the Taliban is hiding in Balochistan province, Admiral Mike Mullen, the US Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, has said, Daily Times reported. He said this while talking informally, along with Richard Holbrooke, the US Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, to a select group
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The top leadership of the Taliban is hiding in Balochistan province, Admiral Mike Mullen, the US Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, has said, Daily Times reported. He said this while talking informally, along with Richard Holbrooke, the US Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, to a select group of invitees at US Ambassador Anne Patterson’s house in the US embassy in Islamabad on April 6. Asked if the US was winning or losing the war in Afghanistan, Admiral Mullen said that since the US was not winning, it could be said that it was losing it. Admiral Mullen also said that the US was targeting Baitullah Mehsud now because he had established strategic links with al Qaeda in the past year or so and was facilitating al Qaeda’s attacks on NATO forces in Afghanistan.
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April - 8 
The United States has assured Pakistan it will not carry out drone attacks in Balochistan, President Asif Ali Zardari said in an interview with Dunya TV on April 8, Daily Times reported. “Not only the people of Pakistan, but also the government is concerned over the drone attacks,” Zardari said. He
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The United States has assured Pakistan it will not carry out drone attacks in Balochistan, President Asif Ali Zardari said in an interview with Dunya TV on April 8, Daily Times reported. “Not only the people of Pakistan, but also the government is concerned over the drone attacks,” Zardari said. He said the US had incorporated several of Pakistan’s suggestions in its new policy for Afghanistan, but the two countries disagreed on the drone strikes. However, he said Washington “has assured us it will not carry out drone attacks in Balochistan”.
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April - 22 
Brahamdagh Bugti has said the Baloch want independence irrespective of Pakistan’s own existence, a private TV channel reported on April 22. Talking to the channel over the phone, the Baloch leader denied the allegations leveled against him by Rehman Mailk. He said if there was any record of his stay
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Brahamdagh Bugti has said the Baloch want independence irrespective of Pakistan’s own existence, a private TV channel reported on April 22. Talking to the channel over the phone, the Baloch leader denied the allegations leveled against him by Rehman Mailk. He said if there was any record of his stay in Afghanistan or international telephone calls related to UN official John Solecki’s abduction, it should be made public. He said he would appeal to foreign countries, including India and the US, for help in achieving Baloch objectives. He, however, denied that any foreign country, especially India, was supporting him.
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April - 22 
Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP), the Balochistan National Party and the National Party have branded Rehman Malik’s Senate statement on Balochistan as ‘a bundle of lies’, according to Daily Times. JWP leader Talal Bugti told a private TV channel that the Government should pay attention to the problems of
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Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP), the Balochistan National Party and the National Party have branded Rehman Malik’s Senate statement on Balochistan as ‘a bundle of lies’, according to Daily Times. JWP leader Talal Bugti told a private TV channel that the Government should pay attention to the problems of the Baloch and claimed that a military operation was underway in Balochistan.
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April - 22 
The Government on April 22 informed the Senate that Russia and India were supporting the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) in its secession bid, saying the same outfit had kidnapped the UNHCR official John Solecki from Quetta, The News reported. Making a policy statement at the end of the five-day d
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The Government on April 22 informed the Senate that Russia and India were supporting the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) in its secession bid, saying the same outfit had kidnapped the UNHCR official John Solecki from Quetta, The News reported. Making a policy statement at the end of the five-day debate on the killing of there Baloch leaders and the deteriorating law and order in Balochistan, Adviser to Prime Minister on Interior, Rehman Malik, claimed they had proof of foreign involvement in the province. While talking to the media later, Malik called on India to stop its interference in Balochistan, dubbing it an open enemy of Pakistan. He noted that the proposal of reviving the ‘Sardari system’ in the province was being considered. He added the Frontier Corps (FC) had been put under the chief minister and all the 36 FC check-posts had been removed. Malik also revealed that the BLA chief Brahamdagh Khan Bugti lived close to Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s presidential palace in Kabul and enjoyed local support. He added thousands of Baloch students had got training in Russia and were present in Balochistan. He claimed that 4,000 to 5,000 Baloch people had got training in several centres there. Malik noted that the BLA had kidnapped Solecki in order to highlight what he called their totally unjustified and uncalled for demand of freedom from Pakistan. "Solecki was abducted two days before UN Secretary General’s Pakistan visit to project BLA’s bid for freedom. On the basis of evidence, I met Karzai and sought his help for the repatriation of Brahamdagh or stopping him from what he was doing back in Pakistan, but he expressed his government’s ignorance about his presence there," the adviser said.
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April - 24 
There is no evidence that India is supporting violence in Pakistan, the US Special Representative on Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke said on April 24, Daily Times reported. “If the Indians were supporting those miscreants in Pakistan that would be extraordinarily bad, really dangerous, bu
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There is no evidence that India is supporting violence in Pakistan, the US Special Representative on Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke said on April 24, Daily Times reported. “If the Indians were supporting those miscreants in Pakistan that would be extraordinarily bad, really dangerous, but they are not doing so. There is no evidence that Indians are support miscreants in western parts of Pakistan or in Balochistan,” he said in an interview with a private TV channel. He also said India was the second largest country in the world and one of the most important. “If we are interested in helping Pakistan, we will have to talk to its neighbours, which include China, India and Afghanistan,” he added. He said India had given about $1 billion assistance to Afghanistan, and it should not be a cause of concern for Pakistan. “Pakistan does not need to worry about India in Afghanistan, but it has to be worried about miscreants and militants in its western parts,” he added.
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August - 11 
The Khan of Kalat (is the title of former rulers of State of Kalat. Kalat state is now part of Balochistan), Mir Suleman Dawood, announced on August 11 the formation of a council for ‘independent Balochistan’ and rejected any reconciliation with the Government of Pakistan without the mediation of Eu
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The Khan of Kalat (is the title of former rulers of State of Kalat. Kalat state is now part of Balochistan), Mir Suleman Dawood, announced on August 11 the formation of a council for ‘independent Balochistan’ and rejected any reconciliation with the Government of Pakistan without the mediation of European Union and United Nations, Dawn reported. Addressing reporters from London on telephone, he said the council would ensure the creation of an independent state of Balochistan. The Khan said Baloch separatist forces of Pakistan and Iran would have representation in the council. He said the names of members of the council would be announced later. He, however, said that Nawabzada Baramdagh Bugti, leader of the Baloch Republican Party, will be a member of the council, adding that he was in touch with him and other forces which stood for an independent Balochistan. The Khan of Kalat said the Baloch had observed their Independence Day on August 11 because the British rulers had accepted the independent and autonomous status of the Kalat state on August 11, 1947. He said Kalat was merged into Pakistan in March 1948 and in reaction Prince Agha Abdul Karim launched a revolt. The Khan also said the Baloch had lost trust in Pakistani rulers. However, he said that if European Union and United Nations mediated then negotiations could be held with the Government of Pakistan.
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August - 17 
According to Daily Times, the bodies of nine Policemen taken hostage in July 2009 by insurgents were discovered in Balochistan on August 17. "We have recovered nine bodies of dead policemen. They were kidnapped by the Balochistan Republican Army," said senior Police officer Kaleem Ullah. The corpses
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According to Daily Times, the bodies of nine Policemen taken hostage in July 2009 by insurgents were discovered in Balochistan on August 17. "We have recovered nine bodies of dead policemen. They were kidnapped by the Balochistan Republican Army," said senior Police officer Kaleem Ullah. The corpses were found in Naseerabad, some 390 kilometers southeast of provincial capital Quetta, and the Police officers were thought to have been killed about four days ago, Kaleem added. The insurgents had taken 24 local Police officials and labourers hostage in late July. Three Policemen escaped, and the bodies of 12 others have already been found. Sarbaz Baloch, a spokesman for the Balochistan Republican Army, had earlier in August claimed responsibility for the kidnappings and deaths in a telephone call to reporters in Quetta. He demanded that the Security Forces leave the city.
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August - 31 September - 1
Two Punjabis were allegedly victims of target killing in the evening of August 31 as violence broke out in various Baloch-dominated Districts after another Baloch nationalist leader’s body was recovered, Daily Times reported. The Balochistan National Movement (BNM) Secretary General Khalil Ahmed
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Two Punjabis were allegedly victims of target killing in the evening of August 31 as violence broke out in various Baloch-dominated Districts after another Baloch nationalist leader’s body was recovered, Daily Times reported. The Balochistan National Movement (BNM) Secretary General Khalil Ahmed Baloch said the party’s central joint secretary Rasool Baksh Mengal was found dead in Lasbela District. Mengal was allegedly detained by intelligence agencies from the Uthal area on August 23. Baloch said the recent target killing of Baloch nationalist leaders had forced the party to believe that intelligence agencies had killed all the missing persons of Balochistan. Rasool Mengal’s killing reportedly led to a series of protests all over the Balochistan province. In Maskhy area, protesters set ablaze banks and offices of the National Database and Registration Authority and the District administration. The Baloch National Front, an alliance of 10 nationalist groups, has announced a complete shutter-down and wheel-jam strike across Balochistan on September 1 (today) to protest the killing of the Baloch leader.
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October - 5 
The Government has decided to adopt recommendations by the Parliamentary Sub-committee on Balochistan formed during the regime of President Pervez Musharraf, Dawn reported. This was decided on October 5 in a meeting between Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid President
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The Government has decided to adopt recommendations by the Parliamentary Sub-committee on Balochistan formed during the regime of President Pervez Musharraf, Dawn reported. This was decided on October 5 in a meeting between Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid President Shujaat Hussain, at the prime minister's Parliament House chamber. The PML-Q president informed the PM about the recommendations that had been formulated by the parliamentary sub-committee headed by Shujaat, with PML-Q General Secretary Musahid Hussain and Senator Wasim Sajjad as its members in the previous Government.
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October - 8 
A blast destroyed a telephone cabinet at the Zarghoon Road, Police said on October 8. The powerful explosive device was reportedly planted near the cabinet besides the wall of the GPO Quetta. However, no loss of life was reported.
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A blast destroyed a telephone cabinet at the Zarghoon Road, Police said on October 8. The powerful explosive device was reportedly planted near the cabinet besides the wall of the GPO Quetta. However, no loss of life was reported.
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October - 12 
According to Daily Times, unidentified armed men killed the Balochistan Chief Mines Inspector on Sariab Road in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on October 12. Ashraf Ali was a member of the Shia Hazara community. The suspected sectarian killing of the Hazara official occurred in the wake of a statem
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According to Daily Times, unidentified armed men killed the Balochistan Chief Mines Inspector on Sariab Road in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on October 12. Ashraf Ali was a member of the Shia Hazara community. The suspected sectarian killing of the Hazara official occurred in the wake of a statement by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan that regretted target killings of Hazara. Quoting the Hazara community, the statement said 270 members of the community had been killed since 2004.
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October - 14 
United States Consul General in Karachi, Stephen Fakan, has said it would be unreasonable to deny the presence of the Taliban in Balochistan, The News reported. “We don’t want the Taliban or extremists to gain the kind of foothold in the province that is unhealthy for the people of Balochistan, too,
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United States Consul General in Karachi, Stephen Fakan, has said it would be unreasonable to deny the presence of the Taliban in Balochistan, The News reported. “We don’t want the Taliban or extremists to gain the kind of foothold in the province that is unhealthy for the people of Balochistan, too,” said Fakan while talking to reporters in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on October 14. “Seeing how difficult it was to dislodge them, but when you squeeze these people there, so they have to move somewhere else and so in some parts of Balochistan, so we are focusing on the province from that perspective, and the US ambassador also tried to make the point some time back,” he added. “I think that we have established over the years that the Taliban pass the borders between Afghanistan and Balochistan, and even some members of the government had said that they know they (Taliban) travel to Karachi, they travel to Islamabad and they move all around the country,” the diplomat stated.
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October - 18 
Earlier in the day, the Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan alleged that the Jundullah chief had taken refuge in Balochistan in Pakistan, Daily Times reported. Talking to Geo News, Mashallah Shakeri alleged that the Jundullah chief, Abdul Malik Regi, has taken refuge in an unknown region of Balochistan P
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Earlier in the day, the Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan alleged that the Jundullah chief had taken refuge in Balochistan in Pakistan, Daily Times reported. Talking to Geo News, Mashallah Shakeri alleged that the Jundullah chief, Abdul Malik Regi, has taken refuge in an unknown region of Balochistan Province, The News reported. However, Pakistan’s Foreign Office has denied that Islamabad has information on the presence of the Jundallah chief in Pakistan. Talking to a private TV channel, Abdul Basit rejected the Iranian ambassador’s claim that the Jundullah chief is hiding in Balochistan, according to Daily Times.
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November - 24 
The exiled Baloch leaders on November 24 rejected the Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan package on the grounds that it doesn’t go far enough to meet their main problems, The News reported. Hyrbyair Marri, the London-based leader of the Marri tribe, while opposing any compromise with the Government called
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The exiled Baloch leaders on November 24 rejected the Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan package on the grounds that it doesn’t go far enough to meet their main problems, The News reported. Hyrbyair Marri, the London-based leader of the Marri tribe, while opposing any compromise with the Government called the package a “mockery and a cruel joke” with the people of Balochistan and said it falls short of Baloch expectations and was only an exercise in buying more time. He said “This package is misleading. It’s another trap set for us to convince us that the federation pains for us and wants the solution of our miseries.” Marri said President Zardari and his Government may have good sentiments but they were powerless and the real powers rest with the military establishment. Mir Suleman Dawood Khan, the current Khan of Kalat, said the Government failed to take all stakeholders on board and didn’t consult those it didn’t like. “Baloch nationalist parties were not consulted and only allies of the current government were informed about it a few days ago,” he said. Noordin Mangal, another leader, said the package doesn’t address the real problems of the Baloch people. In addition, three leading Balochistan tribes - Marris, Mengals and Bugtis - on November 24 described the Balochistan package as a political gimmick and charged that it was like rubbing salt into the wounds of the Baloch people. The late Nawab Akbar Bugti’s son and President of the Jamhoori Watan Party, Talal Bugti, charged that the package was prepared by the invisible forces and not by Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani’s team or a parliamentary committee. “The prime minister in his address to the parliament’s joint session said the FC would remain in Balochistan, which means, no change in the status-quo. If they are not serious, which I believe, we have the option to knock at the doors of the United Nations,” Talal warned. The Balochistan National Party-Mengal Vice-President Sajid Tareen said in Quetta that what had been announced in the package had never been the demand of Balochistan’s people. “Our stand remains unchanged that the federating units must be treated as per the 1940 Pakistan Resolution,” he said. “We don’t believe in dialogue anymore, as it has been non-productive. We are not politically active as several other parties are,” said a source close to the veteran Baloch leader Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri, who is chieftain of the Marri tribe. The package could not satisfy the people of Balochistan, as it had nothing significant for them, Senator Dr Abdul Malik of the Balochistan National Party said while talking to media persons after the announcement of the package. Senator Hasil Bazinjo said the package carries most of the old things and there is nothing new in it. “The Baloch people want practical steps, not announcements,” he added.
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November - 24 
The Federal Government on November 24 unfolded a five-tier multi-dimensional special package for the Balochistan province - combining political, administrative and economic initiatives - in a joint sitting of parliament, The News reported. The package, named Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan, was present
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The Federal Government on November 24 unfolded a five-tier multi-dimensional special package for the Balochistan province - combining political, administrative and economic initiatives - in a joint sitting of parliament, The News reported. The package, named Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan, was presented by the Pakistan People’s Party Senator Mian Raza Rabbani, who heads the seven-member parliamentary committee, which finalised the package in consultation with the political leadership in parliament and other stakeholders. The five-tier package - constitutional, political, administrative, economic and monitoring mechanism - envisages the withdrawal of the Army from Sui that would be replaced with the Frontier Corps, a fact-finding commission, headed by a retired judge of the Supreme Court/high court, to probe into the death of Nawab Akbar Bugti, inquiry by the superior judiciary into the murder of Baloch political workers, including Ghulam Muhammad, Lala Munir and Munir Ahmed, and target killings in the province. The package also included the release of all political workers and withdrawal of cases against those who have no charges, while the missing persons with charges would be brought before a court of competent jurisdiction for trial within seven days. Such missing persons would be allowed legal counsel of their choice and the Government would assist them in this regard. Family members of such persons be informed accordingly and allowed visiting rights. Presenting the details of the package, Senator Raza Rabbani said necessary constitutional amendments would be made to strengthen the provincial autonomy as demanded by smaller provinces, especially Balochistan. The constitutional reforms related matters include abolition of the Concurrent List, end to the Police Order and the Balochistan Local Government Ordinance 2001 from the 6th Schedule and effective implementation of the Article 153 relating to the Council of Common Interest. The package assures effective implementation of articles 154 to 159 and 170 of the Constitution. The unanimously passed resolutions of the Balochistan Assembly from 2002 till date related to the province would be implemented within the legal framework of the Constitution. On the economic side, the package envisages that the federal government will pay royalty worth PKR 120 billion on the Gas Development Surcharge from 1954 to 1991, to be payable over 12 years. Rabbani said the restructuring of the National Finance Commission award criteria was already underway and the criteria of inverse population, poverty and resource generation need to be taken into consideration. About political matters, the Senator said the Federal Government, in consultation with the provincial Government, would release all political workers except those involved in heinous crimes. A dialogue would be initiated with all major stakeholders in the political spectrum of the province to bring them into the mainstream, he said. He added that the exiled leaders, who want to return to Pakistan, would be facilitated except those who were involved in acts of terrorism. Referring to the administrative measures, Rabbani said the Federal Government should immediately review the role of federal agencies in the province and stop all such operations that were not related to war against terrorism. “Proposals should not be formulated for the construction of new cantonments except in frontier areas. Construction of new cantonments in Sui and Kohlu would be stopped for the time being. The FC will take over the already constructed cantonment at Sui,” he added. Rabbani said a commission, headed by a sitting member of the superior judiciary from Balochistan, would be constituted in respect of the missing persons. The names of the missing persons would be identified and if found to be in custody without any charges they would be released, he said. In view of the decision of the provincial government, he said the policy of conversion of ‘B’ areas into ‘A’ areas would be reviewed from time to time. Urban areas would have regular police.
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November - 27 
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party’s chief Nawaz Sharif on November 27 said that killers of Akbar Bugti should be brought to justice for peace in Balochistan, a private TV channel reported, according to Daily Times.
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The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party’s chief Nawaz Sharif on November 27 said that killers of Akbar Bugti should be brought to justice for peace in Balochistan, a private TV channel reported, according to Daily Times.
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December - 4 
US Army General David Petraeus told the National Public Radio (NPR) on December 4 that the Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Omar stays most, if not all, of the time in Pakistan, Daily Times reported. He told NPR that the Afghan Taliban were located "in various locations in Pakistan... typically in Baloch
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US Army General David Petraeus told the National Public Radio (NPR) on December 4 that the Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Omar stays most, if not all, of the time in Pakistan, Daily Times reported. He told NPR that the Afghan Taliban were located "in various locations in Pakistan... typically in Balochistan. It’s called the Quetta shura". "I’m not sure that folks will say [the Taliban] right inside the city [Quetta] or precisely — it will move around and so forth. But... has historically been centred on that city," Petraeus said. "And when the Taliban were ejected, defeated along with Al Qaeda and other extremist elements that were located in Afghanistan prior to 9/11... they dispersed in these very rugged areas of eastern Afghanistan, the tribal areas of Pakistan and then down in the Balochistan as well". The US general also said the Siraj Haqqani network, believed to be operating from North Waziristan, was a "big concern".
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December - 4 
A senior US diplomat on December 4 alleged that some Al Qaeda leadership could be present in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, Dawn reported. "Our intelligence shows that some of the Al Qaeda leadership is in Pakistan," Candace Putnam, the US Consul-General in Peshawar, told a media round
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A senior US diplomat on December 4 alleged that some Al Qaeda leadership could be present in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, Dawn reported. "Our intelligence shows that some of the Al Qaeda leadership is in Pakistan," Candace Putnam, the US Consul-General in Peshawar, told a media roundtable in Peshawar. "I don’t know where Osama bin Laden is on any given day, but we do know that some of the leadership is sitting in Quetta and that they travel back and forth from Afghanistan to Pakistan," she said. "We know that they are there. And I think your government also knows this. Whether they want to say this in public or not but I think they know they are there," she added. She also said that the United States had been successful in removing some of the Al Qaeda leadership. But increasingly, she added, the United States had found that Al Qaeda was working with the Taliban, Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) and the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
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December - 16 
A Baloch Senator on December 15 said there is no proof that New Delhi is fomenting trouble there (Balochistan), according to The Hindu. In a statement that could embarrass Pakistan, which has claimed that India is fuelling unrest in Balochistan, the Senator Mir Hasil Bizenjo said that “We don’t have
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A Baloch Senator on December 15 said there is no proof that New Delhi is fomenting trouble there (Balochistan), according to The Hindu. In a statement that could embarrass Pakistan, which has claimed that India is fuelling unrest in Balochistan, the Senator Mir Hasil Bizenjo said that “We don’t have a proof. As a representative of Baloch people and a leader of a National Party, I have no information on this. Maybe, intelligence agencies of India and Pakistan have knowledge about it”. Asking India to realise the threat posed by terrorism in its neighbourhood, the Senator said terror emanating from Afghanistan reached Pakistan in no time and New Delhi should keep this fact in mind.
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December - 30 
Interior Minister Rehman Malik, on December 30, has reiterated that Indian Intelligence Agency Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) is involved in instigating the ongoing armed insurgency in Balochistan, according to Daily Times. He made these comments while talking to reporters in Gawadar before atten
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Interior Minister Rehman Malik, on December 30, has reiterated that Indian Intelligence Agency Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) is involved in instigating the ongoing armed insurgency in Balochistan, according to Daily Times. He made these comments while talking to reporters in Gawadar before attending a federal cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani. Malik said India was supporting the insurgency in Balochistan and was trying to turn the Baloch against their own country. The Pakistani Government would frustrate all such plans by paying full attention to the problems of Balochistan, he said. The recently announced Balochistan package and the consensus developed between The Federal Government and all federating units indicated that the Government was making progress in bridging the gap between the Centre and the provinces, Malik added. To a question about the Government’s reconciliatory plans, Malik said the Government would give the Baloch people all those rights that they had been denied in the past. It is the top most priority of the Government to give every Baloch his genuine rights, he added. When asked about the Government’s strategy to deal with those leaders who kept harping on about an independent Balochistan, Malik said he viewed the Baloch Republican Party chief Brahamdagh Bugti as “a brother’’. “We will try to convince all disillusioned forces in Balochistan. Justice will be done with everyone affected in the past. All reservations of the Baloch people will be addressed through democratic means,” he assured.
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December - 30 
The year 2009 proved to be another bloody year of the decade for media in Pakistan in which 10 journalists, in 163 cases of direct attacks on media, paid the ultimate price of practicing a difficult trade in the backdrop of rising terrorism and militancy and were killed in the line of duty, accordin
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The year 2009 proved to be another bloody year of the decade for media in Pakistan in which 10 journalists, in 163 cases of direct attacks on media, paid the ultimate price of practicing a difficult trade in the backdrop of rising terrorism and militancy and were killed in the line of duty, according to Dawn. Of these 10 journalists, four were killed in Punjab, three in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) and one each in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Balochistan and Islamabad, according to the annual research on the state of media in Pakistan, released on December 30 by Intermedia, a Pakistani media development organisation that focuses on media research, advocacy and training. The total 163 cases included murders, assaults, abductions, explicit threats, censorship cases and attacks on media properties and establishments. Punjab bore the brunt of these attacks with 54 cases and the NWFP a close behind with 52, while Islamabad was the surprise third biggest victim of attacks on media with 28 cases. Sindh recorded 12 attacks, six attacks each were recorded in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and FATA, and three in Balochistan. Ten journalists were kidnapped in 2009, four in NWFP, two in Islamabad and one each in Balochistan, FATA, Punjab and Sindh. The report also documented at least 24 cases of assaults on working journalists across the country, in which 70 journalists were injured — 36 in Punjab, 12 in Islamabad, 10 in the NWFP, seven in Sindh and five in PoK. At least 28 journalists received threats in person or over the phone. Of these, nine journalists were in Islamabad, eight in the NWFP, seven in Sindh, and one in FATA. The Intermedia report also documented at least 35 cases of official gag orders, censorship or restrictions on publication or broadcast in 2009. Of these, the highest number of cases, 23, was in the NWFP, four in Punjab, three in Islamabad and one each in Sindh, Balochistan, FATA and PoK. Ten cases of physical and armed attacks were reported on media property and establishments, exemplified by the suicide attack on the Peshawar Press Club on December 22, 2009. Of these attacks, four were in the NWFP, two each in Fata and Punjab and one each in Islamabad and PoK. “At least 45 journalists have been killed in Pakistan in the last five years, several by suspected militants, but this is the first time that suicide squads of terrorists have targeted media persons as a specific, overt target, indicating a dramatic increase in the level of threats facing the media in the country,” Adnan Rehmat, executive director of Intermedia, said.
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