South Asia Newsline - Feb 11, 2022 News Bulletin :
- Quad foreign ministers’ meet resolves to work towards free, open Indo-Pacific
- Activist highlights Pakistan army's atrocities in Balochistan post attacks by insurgents
- Nepal's Pashupatinath Temple reopens weeks after Covid-19 shutdown
The United States, Australia, Japan and India on Friday pledged to deepen cooperation to ensure the Indo-Pacific region was free from "coercion", a thinly-veiled swipe at China's growing economic and military expansion at the fourth Quad Foreign Ministers' meeting in Melbourne. Foreign ministers of the informal grouping of the four countries, vowed to work on humanitarian relief, terrorism, cyber and maritime security and global supply chain challenges. India's Foreign minister S. Jaishankar said the grouping will continue to support ASEAN partners in their efforts to uphold peace, stability and prosperity in the region.India's paramilitary BSF- the Border Security Force on Friday apprehended six Pakistani fishermen, a day after seizing 11 boats during search operations along the India-Pakistan maritime border in western Gujarat state. Three groups of commandos were airdropped by the Indian Air Force after detecting the intrusion activity in an extremely marshy area in Bhuj, that made the task challenging. The BSF said operations were still underway to find out possibility of presence of more intruders in the area.Hinting at a further increase in Pakistan's petroleum product prices in the coming days, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has said that the government cannot keep fuel rates artificially low. The minister made the remark while referring to a hike in oil prices in the international market, categorically rejecting the idea of reducing petroleum prices.Prominent Baloch activist Munir Mengal has raised concern over reports of enforced disappearances and extra-judicial killings by Pakistan Army during clearance operations in Balochistan after recent attacks on security posts by Baloch insurgents. He blamed security forces have been instead targeting innocent civilians as 'revenge'.
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