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Abdul Wahab is a Quetta-based journalist who has been reporting on the politics and social issues of Balochistan for Newsline for over five years.

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[28 Mar 2012 | Comments Off | ]
Deadly Threats

The murder of Brahamdagh Bugti’s sister in Karachi further inflames a fast deteriorating situation in Balochistan.

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[13 Oct 2011 | Comments Off | ]
Mastung Massacre

Twenty-six innocent pilgrims of Hazara origin were murdered in cold blood when their Iran-bound bus was waylaid by unknown assailants near Mastung, Balochistan.

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[9 Jun 2011 | One Comment | ]
The Big Cover-up

Law enforcement agencies are covering up the target killing of five innocent Chechens in Quetta.

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[13 Apr 2011 | One Comment | ]
Life in the Pits

Working in sub-human conditions, the lives of the blighted miners of Balochistan are in daily peril — as the tragic death of 43 miners in a coal mine so graphically illustrates.

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[24 Jan 2011 | Comments Off | ]
Assassins at Large

Who was behind the deadly attacks on the chief minister and the governor of Balochistan?

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[11 Dec 2010 | 3 Comments | ]
Unfair Deal

Two foreign companies and the Balochistan government are at loggerheads over the cancellation of the multi-billion dollar mining deal in Chaghi.

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[12 Nov 2010 | Comments Off | ]
NATO Supplies Under Attack

If not the nationalist militants, who is behind the recent surge in the arson attacks on NATO tankers and trailers carrying food and fuel to Afghanistan?

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[18 Oct 2010 | Comments Off | ]
Certified Counterfeits

Balochistan University has validated the degrees of 68 out of 70 parliamentarians sent to it by the HEC, even though there were serious doubts about the authenticity of several degrees.

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[30 Sep 2010 | Comments Off | ]
Who’s to Blame?

Official inaction and haste to secure agricultural land in Balochistan has drowned cities and rendered millions homeless.

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[16 Sep 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
The Invisible Hand

Are the security forces and intelligence agencies behind the murders of some of the missing persons in Balochistan as is being alleged?