Pakistan: Armed men target police station and check post in Balochistan

IANS | November 5, 2025 3:16 PM

Quetta, Nov 5 (IANS) Armed men attacked and set fire to a police station in Kachhi district of Pakistan's Balochistan while unidentified men attacked a check post with hand grenades in the Western Bypass area of Balochistan's capital Quetta, local media reported on Wednesday.

'Pakistan’s creation of Jihadi culture is a bleeding wound'

IANS | November 5, 2025 3:10 PM

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) Pakistan is confronted with four bleeding wounds, which include the country’s sick economy, political instability, security situation, and ever-growing corruption gripping national life that no government has been able to fix, a media report said.

Pakistan in deep crisis, one-third of country’s youth jobless

IANS | November 5, 2025 2:07 PM

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) The unemployment rate in Pakistan stands at 7.8 per cent based on the country’s first-ever digital census. This translates to approximately 18.7 million unemployed individuals out of a total population of 241.5 million.

Rights group condemn placing Baloch activists under Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Act

IANS | November 5, 2025 1:01 PM

Quetta, Nov 5 (IANS) Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) slammed Pakistani authorities for placing Baloch political activists and human rights defenders from across Balochistan in the Fourth Schedule of Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). The rights body described the move as an attempt to end the Baloch public struggle through the use of force.

US Transportation Secretary warns of ‘chaos’ as govt shutdown continues

IANS | November 5, 2025 8:36 AM

Washington, Nov 5 (IANS) US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has warned that the ongoing government shutdown is pushing the nation’s air travel system towards chaos, cautioning that air traffic controllers missing a second paycheck next week could lead to mass flight cancellations and even temporary airspace closures.