Balochistan
Balochistan Assembly disposes of resolution to end sardari system
The speaker disposed of a JI resolution to abolish the sardari system, saying a 1976 law already abolished it, setting off a heated row in the assembly.
Quetta
Quetta: 7 The Indus Compass stories. Latest: Balochistan Assembly disposes of resolution to end sardari system. Key developments, background and analysis.
7 stories on Quetta since 27 September 2026; the latest was published on 27 October 2026.
Key developments
- Balochistan Assembly disposes of resolution to end sardari systemSpeaker Abdul Khaliq Achakzai disposed of a resolution seeking the immediate abolition of the sardari system and a ban on the titles Sardar and Nawab.
- Balochistan Assembly to take up resolution to end sardari systemA resolution to abolish the sardari system, moved by JI MPA Maulana Hidayatur Rehman Baloch, is now expected to be taken up on October 26.
- Supreme Court says reasonable doubt entitles suspects to bailThe Supreme Court ruled that whenever reasonable doubt arises, a suspect should not be denied the benefit of bail.
- Two army pilots martyred as training aircraft crashes near QuettaMajor Husnain Shehzad Humayun and Captain Abdul Samad were martyred when an Army Aviation Mushshak trainer crashed near Quetta due to a technical fault.
- Railway track blown up in Nasirabad as Jaffar Express approaches; Quetta train service suspendedA grenade attack damaged the main line in Nasirabad as the Jaffar Express approached. No one was hurt, but trains between Quetta and Jaffarabad were suspended.
Balochistan
Balochistan Assembly to take up resolution to end sardari system
A JI resolution to abolish the sardari system in Balochistan was deferred after a former minister's death and is now expected in the assembly on October 26.
Pakistan
Supreme Court says reasonable doubt entitles suspects to bail
The Supreme Court ruled suspects should get bail when reasonable doubt exists, criticising Quetta prosecutors for changing charges after bail was granted.
Balochistan
Two army pilots martyred as training aircraft crashes near Quetta
Major Husnain Shehzad Humayun and Captain Abdul Samad were martyred when an Army Aviation Mushshak trainer crashed near Quetta due to a technical fault.
Balochistan
Railway track blown up in Nasirabad as Jaffar Express approaches; Quetta train service suspended
A grenade attack damaged the main line in Nasirabad as the Jaffar Express approached. No one was hurt, but trains between Quetta and Jaffarabad were suspended.
Balochistan
Balochistan's first mass transit project, the Jinnah Peoples Train, is ready to roll in Quetta
Balochistan's first mass transit service will run on an upgraded 32km track from Kuchlak to Sariab, finished in 120 days at a cost of Rs3 billion, with seven stations.
Balochistan
More than 71 terrorists killed in Balochistan in four days as Operation Shaban continues, ISPR says
Security forces killed more than 71 terrorists in Shaban, Noshki and Mand over four days, ISPR said, as the clearance operation near Quetta continues.