Balochistan News
Why Did China Include Cash-Strapped & 'Friendless' Afghanistan In CPEC?
China along with Afghanistan’s neighbour to East Pakistan agreed to strengthen ties by extending the Beijing-backed CPEC or China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to Afghanistan. Desperate for friends, money, trade, and technology Afghanistan didn’t have much of a choice.
10 May 2023Baloch families seek answers from Pakistan as more disappear amid insurgency
The insurgency in Balochistan, a sparsely populated, mountainous, desert region bordering Afghanistan and Iran has sometimes waned and sometimes intensified But for all the durability of the Baloch struggle, the conflict has seldom drawn international attention
4 min read19 Jul 2020PM Modi hopes Imran Khan’s Pakistan will work for peace
Narendra Modi, however, steered clear of definite answers on resumption of India-Pakistan talks and India's participation in the Saarc Islamabad summit this year
2 min read12 Aug 2018128 killed, 120 injures in Pakistan as pre-election violence escalates
A suicide bomber killed 128 people, injured 120 others in the worst attack in Pakistan since a 2014 school massacre as the country witnesses a spate of violence ahead of 25 July national election
2 min read14 Jul 2018Suicide blast kills 85 at Pakistan election rally
The blastwhich was claimed by the Islamic State groupripped through the crowd in the town of Mastung near the Balochistan provincial capital Quetta
3 min read13 Jul 2018China denies plans to set up military base at Jiwani in Pakistan’s Balochistan
China rejects reports that it was planning to build a military base at Jiwani in Pakistan's Balochistan province close to the strategic Chabahar port
1 min read9 Jan 2018Pakistan ‘processing’ visa applications of Kulbhushan Jadhav’s wife, mother
Pakistan said that Jadhav is not an ordinary person as he had entered the country with the intent of spying and carrying out sabotage activities
1 min read17 Dec 2017Pakistan allows Kulbhushan Jadhav’s wife, mother to meet him on Christmas day
Pakistan today said it will allow the wife and mother of convicted Indian death row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav to meet him in prison on Christmas, 25 December
1 min read8 Dec 2017Pakistan allows Kulbhushan Jadhav to meet wife on humanitarian grounds
Pakistan foreign office spokesperson said the government has decided to arrange a meeting of Kulbhushan Jhadav with his wife, purely on humanitarian grounds
1 min read10 Nov 2017How Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh became a household name
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh of Dera claims to have more than 60 million followers and it is from this huge number that he seemingly derives his power and political influence
3 min read25 Aug 2017Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared
GIFT City – An investing oasis?
If you’re a company, Gujarat International Finance Tec-City, or GIFT City for short, is where you want to be. At least, that's what the government wants you to believe. Even prior to launching in 2015 as a special economic zone (SEZ), some companies rushed to set up offices there. But since then, progress has been slow. Since the pandemic, companies have begun to move to Gandhinagar, as the government has increased benefits. The game-changer came in 2024, when the GIFT City exchange allowed listed companies to appear on both the Indian and foreign markets. Mint’s coverage of GIFT City stretches from its various schemes to attract MNCs, its exchange, and office spaces issues.