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QUETTA: Central Secretary General of the Balochistan National Party (BNP) and former senator Habib Jalib Baloch was gunned down on Wednesday morning in Quetta city.

The Moscow-educated Jalib was a prominent Baloch intellectual and a former chairman of the Baloch Students Organization (BSO)

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Jalib, a senior Supreme Court lawyer and the author a several research papers on Baloch nationalism, was sitting at his brother’s shop on Musa Colony of Sariab Road when unidentified persons riding a motorbike opened fire at him. Jalib was rushed to Quetta’ Civil Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

A large number of BNP activists, members of different nationalist parties and lawyers’ community rushed to the hospital soon after hearing the news. Enraged sympathizers of the Baloch leader wanted to take his body in front of the Governor’s House to protest against the killing. The police, however, did not allow them to get closer to the Governor’s House at Zargoon Road.

While the BNP has announced 40 days of mourning, the Chief Minister of Balochistan Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani has  ordered a judicial probe into the high-profile case of target killing of a prominent nationalist leader. The judicial investigation would be headed by a judge of the Balochistan High Court.

Jalib’s killing has been widely condemned by people hailing from diverse sections of the society.

QUETTA: The Balochistan National Party (BNP) has announced 40-day of mourning over the murder of its secretary general Habib Jalib Baloch by unidentified persons in Quetta on Wednesday.

According to the details, the BNP has decided to pay respect to its veteran leader Habib Jalib Baloch by observing forty days of mourning and three days of complete shutter down across Balochistan. Daily life during these three days will remain paralyzed across Balochistan on the call given by the BNP.

QUETTA, JULY 14: Veteran Baloch nationalist leader and the patron-in-chief of Balochistan National Party (BNP) Sardar Attaullah Mengal has held state intelligence agencies responsible for the killing of former senator and BNP secretary general Habib Jalib Baloch.

QUETTA: The Balochistan National Party (BNP) has categorically refused to grant "equal status" in the Baloch-majority province of Balochistan to any other ethnic group living inside the province, vowing not to allow anyone to cash the fruits of the ongoing Baloch struggle.

Speaking on the Chelum of Naseer Langov in Qili Ismail, the acting president of the Balochistan National Party, Dr. Jhanzaib Jamaldini said that the so-called democratic government was still pursuing the dictatorial policies of General Pervez Musharraf. The cycle of violence against the Balochs intended to commit genocide of the Baloch people is taking place without any interruption. The government is busy in violating the sanctity of domestic privacy by conducting regular raids at people's homes and kidnapping political workers.

QUETTA: President of the Balochistan National Party and former Balochistan Chief Minister Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal has disclosed that his party’s slain secretary general Habib Jalib Baloch had been receiving threats to his life.

QUETTA: Central secretary information and Culture of BNP Ahga Hassan Baloch Advocate and senior leader of the party Mir Abdullah Jan Mengal in a joint statement has said that in regard to the Chelum of Martyr Naseer Langove a ceremony would be held on 7^th July at Manno Jan Road Hudda Quetta while the party martyrs for Balochistan the central gathering would be held on 15^th July at Surab. They said that these processions would be held to laud the sacrifices of the martyrs of Balochistan therefore the Balochistan nationalists, the progressive and real Baloch lovers should participate in these processions to make them successful. They said that BNP is struggling for the right of self-determination of Balochs and by following the foot steps of these martyrs and according to their aspirations and feelings would fight for the defense and solidarity of the motherland. 

QUETTA: Acting central president of Balochistan National Party Dr. Jahanzaib Jamaldini and Central secretary information of BNP Ahga Hassan Baloch have said that the real protectors of the geography and identity of Balochistan are the nationalist parties other wise the conformists like Jamit Ulema Islam who were the servants of America for the sake of dollars till yesterday have sold it.  Today they are opposing the Americans as the rain of dollars have stopped but the masses of Balochistan have recognized their true faces and now they cannot deceive the thoughtful masses of the province. He blamed the conformists as equal partners with Musharaff and the others who have carried out operations in Balochistan. Their rule in polluting the politics of Balochistan is inexcusable. The claimers of Islam have utilized the provincial budget according to their own aspirations.