Mullah Omar, other Taliban militants not in Balochistan: IG Frontier CorpsQUETTA - Pakistan’s Frontier Corps Inspector General, Major General Saleem Nawaz, has denied the presence of Mullah Omar and the Taliban in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan, saying that they lacked political and tribal support in the province. BLUF sets 48-hour deadline for Solecki’s releaseQUETTA - The Balochistan Liberation United Front, which came into limelight after abducting UNHCR official John Solecki, has set another deadline of 48 hours for the acceptance of its demands in exchange for Solecki. Abductors ready to trade UN official for missing Quetta tailorQUETTA - A mysterious insurgent group has said that it is ready to trade John Solecki, the American chief of the U.N. refugee office for the 1,100 people who have gone missing since 2000. Pak Government continues with security crackdown as ‘Long March’ gets underwayLAHORE/KARACHI/QUETTA - The Pakistan Government continued with its security crackdown on opposition leaders and activists for the second consecutive day Thursday, even as the proposed “Long March” got underway in various provincial capitals. Meet demands or we would kill UN official: Baloch groupQUETTA - A hitherto unknown organisation, which has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of UN official John Solecki, Saturday threatened that if their demands were not met they would kill him, Pakistan’s Online reported. Senior UN official abducted, driver killed in PakistanQUETTA - A senior official of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was kidnapped Monday by some unidentified gunmen in southwestern Pakistan. |