"at the cocktail party you can add: The religious leader Aga Ziauddin, who was killed in Gilgit and whose killing led to riots, was not an Ismaili. He was a very well-known Twelver Shi'a religious leader" You really need a better "pick up line" than that, AdmSmith! How about trying: "Hey honey, want me to show you a really fun way to burn up 5,000 calories?!"
--Boot
Night train services halted in Balochistan
By Amanullah Kasi
QUETTA, Jan 25: The Railways authorities have stopped night-time train services across the Balochistan province after repeated attacks by the Balochistan Liberation Army.
Official sources told Dawn on Tuesday that the decision came after five people were wounded on Monday night when a powerful bomb blew up a section of the rail track near Sibi, about 100 km south east of Quetta.
The sources said the damaged track had been repaired and services to and from Quetta resumed. "We have changed the timings of the trains and decided they will not run after sunset," the sources said. "It was done because of security reasons."
http://www.dawn.com/2005/01/26/top6.htm
BLA is probably getting funding from Iran. This will escalate the coming weeks as Iran is trying to make as much trouble as possible in Pakistan to threaten them not to participate in a move against Tehran. Naturally, this will backfire.