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BYC on firing by Pakistani forces

January 9, 2025

BYC and its supporters staged protest against extrajudicial killings and violence in Balochistan

January 1, 2025

Gov’t approves revision of contracts with 14 IPPs to drop electricity cost
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Pakistan claims killing 27 Baloch insurgents
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Donald Trump’s doppelganger in Pakistan, selling ‘Milk Pudding’
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Imran Khan’s wife expresses lack of trust in Pakistan’s legal system
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Altadena couple mourns loss of family home, a shrine to their late son
Susan Toler Carr and her husband, Darrell, had to see for themselves. They had gotten the devastating news from a neighbor that their home of 25 years had burned down in the fires that have ravaged the Los Angeles area since last week. The couple fled their neighborhood in Altadena last Tuesday night for a…