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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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[13 Oct 2011 | Comments Off | Abdul Wahab]
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 | Abdul Wahab]
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 | Abdul Wahab]
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 | Abdul Wahab]
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 | Abdul Wahab]
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 | Abdul Wahab]
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 | Abdul Wahab]
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 | Abdul Wahab]
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 | Abdul Wahab]
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?

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[18 Aug 2010 | Comments Off | Abdul Wahab]
The Blame Game

As the provincial government and Balochistan’s nationalist parties hurl accusations against each other, the mystery of Habib Jalib’s murder further deepens.