Activist Karima Baloch found dead in Canada, police say no reason to believe foul play
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Baloch political activist Karima Baloch has been found dead in Toronto, Canada, authorities confirmed on Tuesday.
Baloch, who was living in exile in Canada for about five years, had gone missing on Sunday.
Toronto Police on Monday said Baloch was last seen in the Bay Street and Queens Quay West area on Sunday. Queens Quay is a prominent street in the Harbourfront neighbourhood of Toronto.
Police reported several hours later that Baloch had been "located".
Unverified reports, mostly in the Indian media quoting unnamed sources, had said that Baloch had been killed.
But a spokesperson for the Toronto Police told Dawn.com that authorities were investigating the death as "non-criminal".
"On Monday, December 21, 2020, a 37-year-old woman was located deceased. It is currently being investigated as a non-criminal death and there are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances," Caroline de Kloet, Toronto Police's media relations officer, said in an email response.
Baloch was critical of the Pakistani establishment and had been living in Canada since 2016, where she had been granted asylum. A close friend of hers told the BBC she was receiving threats while in Canada.
According to her Twitter profile, Baloch was the former chairperson of the Baloch Students Organisation - Azad and the Baloch National Front (BNF) Balochistan. She was a vocal campaigner for Baloch rights and missing persons.
In 2016, she was named in the BBC's annual list of 100 inspirational and influential women for her work as a campaigner.
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Dec 22, 2020 07:35pm
The number of baluch activists dropping dead in foreign countries is going up.
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Dec 22, 2020 07:43pm
Several young Baloch activists found 'DEAD' in Sweden, UK, EU, USA etc countries in recent months.
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Dec 22, 2020 07:44pm
This is foul play written all over it. 37 year old female baloch activist found dead. That's not suspicious? Really? Most like they will rule this a suicide too. How convenient. I guess we have reach even in Canada and Sweden.
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Dec 22, 2020 07:46pm
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un. Rest in Peace.
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Dec 22, 2020 07:46pm
RIP. As usual, India has already unleashed their infamous fake news.
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Dec 22, 2020 07:47pm
Disappointment for Indians,Naturral death.
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Dec 22, 2020 07:47pm
Yes you will say that, we know who will benefit from her death
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Dec 22, 2020 07:48pm
Our sister has been martyred by cowardly enemies. This will only intensify the fight for freedom.
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Dec 22, 2020 07:49pm
off course, it was a natural death at 37, no foul play :)
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Dec 22, 2020 07:51pm
The death of such activist is the death whole oppressed community.
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Dec 22, 2020 07:52pm
@DARR, "The number of baluch activists dropping dead in foreign countries is going up"
Canada and NZ are now exactly like how France and UK used to be a decade or more back - naive, trusting and politically correct. Tomorrow will be interesting when things start going really downward.
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Dec 22, 2020 07:53pm
Very unfortunate.
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Dec 22, 2020 08:03pm
Sounds like Indian and Israeli agencies working together.
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Dec 22, 2020 08:03pm
Only an autopsy can state the cause of death the rest is pure conjecture.
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Dec 22, 2020 08:09pm
@M. Emad, Please provide the list of names.
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Dec 22, 2020 08:09pm
Sorry to hear.
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Dec 22, 2020 08:10pm
@DARR, Please provide the list of names and date when they drop dead?
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Dec 22, 2020 08:10pm
Then who killed her?
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Dec 22, 2020 08:10pm
Rest in peace
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Dec 22, 2020 08:15pm
India ditching her assets
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Dec 22, 2020 08:18pm
Police is appealing for public assistance to probe this heinous crime. Whole world knows who is the murderer.
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Dec 22, 2020 08:25pm
Canadian government is very compliant.
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Dec 22, 2020 08:29pm
surely indian hand in this, she probably did not play by their rules.
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Dec 22, 2020 08:34pm
I thought Pakistan had tabled a resolution
in UN assembly regarding " Right for self determination" and that was passed by a thumping majority.
Why was she killed being a Baloch separatist ? Any reasons.?
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Dec 22, 2020 08:37pm
May the deceased’s soul Rest In Peace & grant the strength to her family & loved ones to deal with this loss.
It’s a pity the shameless Indian media ignores the Canadian police information and tries to present alternate facts. They’ve been trying to sow seeds of discontent for 70+ years. May their nefarious designs fail at every step and allow the Baloch people to live in peace & harmony as one nation, Pakistan.
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Dec 22, 2020 08:37pm
Will Justin Trudeau come out of his hypocrisy and investigate this murder? Probably baluch vote not at all important for him.
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Dec 22, 2020 08:46pm
Something very fishy, could be some action by someone who doesn't want her to be alive.
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Dec 22, 2020 08:49pm
Hounded and killed by .......
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Dec 22, 2020 08:55pm
@Tariq Khan, shame on you whole world knows and Baloch people knows who has killed
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Dec 22, 2020 08:55pm
Dirty game of killing adversaries, like Russian agents.
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Dec 22, 2020 09:03pm
@Joe, think about who gained the most from her death?
Pakistan or India?
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Dec 22, 2020 09:04pm
@UHD, and Western agents! Or am I wrong?
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Dec 22, 2020 09:10pm
How a 37 years old died naturally
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Dec 22, 2020 09:12pm
@Laila,
Agreed , 37 year old women just don’t die just like that.
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Dec 22, 2020 09:15pm
@Tariq K Sami, MD.,
Exactly, how often you see 37 year old women drop dead in your practice, autopsy needed to rule out foul play.
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Dec 22, 2020 09:18pm
conspiracy theories must not be taken into account until the Canadian government is not declassifying the real circumstances of her death.
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Dec 22, 2020 09:21pm
@@papi - "Yes you will say that, we know who will benefit from her death"
Please enlighten us with your theories. An "unknown" activist died in Canada, hmmm, must be entire machinery working behind this event.
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Dec 22, 2020 09:29pm
Most probably she died a natural death. Canadian police will find out if it was otherwise. However, if she was killed then it is very unfortunate and whoever killed her must be a coward. But person involved in this criminal act will be un earthed. Canadian police is very professional & competent.
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Dec 22, 2020 09:32pm
RAWs involvement cannot be ruled out
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Dec 22, 2020 09:39pm
@Laila, This might come as a surprise to you but people die, everyone has to.
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Dec 22, 2020 09:54pm
i think in canada dying at age 37 is natural. Canada is a third world country, they dont have medical facilities as in pakistan. RIP.
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Dec 22, 2020 09:55pm
@DARR, 'The number of baluch activists dropping dead in foreign countries is going up.'
Part of Indian 5th generation warfare.
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Dec 22, 2020 09:57pm
@Laila, negativity leads to sucide...
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Dec 22, 2020 09:57pm
@Laila, 'This is foul play written all over it. 37 year old female baloch activist found dead. That's not suspicious? Really? Most like they will rule this a suicide too. How convenient. I guess we have reach even in Canada and Sweden.'
Yes, Indian 's have reach every where Baluch are, to use as fall guys in their nefarious designs.
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Dec 22, 2020 09:57pm
Rest in Peace my fellow citizen.
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Dec 22, 2020 09:57pm
Sad.
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Dec 22, 2020 10:06pm
@DARR,
That's what happens when you cause trouble
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Dec 22, 2020 10:08pm
@Laila,
Why would Canada cover up her death if it was suspicious? Why always assume negative outcome.
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Dec 22, 2020 10:14pm
@M. Emad,
They are all found in "Sweden, UK, EU, USA, etc" but why no one goes to Bangladesh??
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Dec 22, 2020 10:23pm
Most likely a job by Indian agents to malign Pakistan. May she rest in peace
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Dec 22, 2020 10:24pm
@Tariq Khan,
Firstly, why She moved to Canada ? Why prominent Baloch activists flee Pakistan ?
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Dec 22, 2020 10:27pm
She should have been given security protection. A number of Baloch activists have been found dead in foreign countries. It is highly suspicious.
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Dec 22, 2020 10:35pm
RIP
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Dec 22, 2020 10:55pm
Don't jump to conclusions! Canadian police will do a better inquiry compared to Pakistani police.
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Dec 22, 2020 10:58pm
why cant a 37 yr old have a natural death. She could have been suffering from some medical conditions which she didnt know herself. Most these kinds of young death are caused by heart complication by birth or by default unknown to the person coz he or she is too young to have a problem
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Dec 22, 2020 11:04pm
@Nowhere , For a gain of course. It is a win win situation for India.
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Dec 22, 2020 11:06pm
@sri1, Don’t go by appearances France and UK politically correct a decade ago? Where do you get your history lessons? Canada is not naive .... you are. You live in your own fantasy world.
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Dec 22, 2020 11:08pm
Try convincing Baloch people. Do you known how may political assassinations have been carried out since late 70s
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Dec 22, 2020 11:10pm
@Laila, Do you think is Pakistan?? Police take full authority when they report things like this in Canada for sure. It's not like other countries where police will cover up.
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Dec 22, 2020 11:14pm
@Rajanikanth G,
How a 37 years old died naturally
I believe there are thousands of ways a person can die. Perhaps you haven’t heard of them. Google it.
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Dec 22, 2020 11:20pm
@Shujaat Khan, indeed. One can be very much suspicious of any investigation by Pak8stani police in any such case -not of Canadian or any European police. They know their job.
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Dec 22, 2020 11:26pm
At first instance one would think it a play by Pakistani establishment however, I have all my doubts that this night be an act of brutality by the anti-Pakistan people in order to creat rationale for yet another unrest in Pakistan.
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Dec 22, 2020 11:27pm
@Anjali, Abroad,anyone is a free citizen /free person. There is NIL concept of any escort or government provided guards/security to any citizen or resident. If this woman was involved in any politics in Pakistan and knew pakistani politics is medieval-she was not supposed to live in a civilized free world and continue her hazardous activities which could bring reaction from any group in Pakistan as Baluch people are also divided in seperatists and pak.patriots. She was playing dangerous.
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Dec 22, 2020 11:27pm
@Insaan, this is the point.
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Dec 22, 2020 11:28pm
@Amjad, My idea exactly.
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Dec 22, 2020 11:31pm
@Zak, Baluch people are divided in two groups. One seperatists and one patriots. You can not rule out that other group is involved. However ,woman was playing a dangerous game-what else she was expecting. It is her cultural way.
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Dec 22, 2020 11:32pm
Indian false flag
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Dec 22, 2020 11:38pm
@Insaan, "Firstly, why She moved to Canada ?"
Because Pakistan found out that Mafia Indian regime is a major sponsor of terrorism in Pakistan through such characters!
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Dec 22, 2020 11:39pm
How graceful she looked....
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Dec 22, 2020 11:39pm
Why no cause is given for her death
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Dec 22, 2020 11:42pm
@N khan, How many Baluchi leaders have been killed under mysterious circumstances overseas and in Pakistan . Very sad and the world needs to support Baluchis whose land has been mortgaged to China
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Dec 22, 2020 11:42pm
@M. Emad, RSS
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Dec 22, 2020 11:42pm
All rhetoric and claims of innocence, millions of dollars to lobbyists and unkown ‘labs’ get exposed by reality and facts on ground
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Dec 22, 2020 11:43pm
@Laila, you better be careful. RSS read comments on DAWN.
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Dec 22, 2020 11:44pm
@Arora, sorry to see your agent gone, imagine the amount of money you spent on her - all gone to waste
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Dec 22, 2020 11:47pm
@N khan, okay natural strangled and drowned?
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Dec 22, 2020 11:53pm
@Laila, You mean, an activist cannot die a natural death?
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Dec 22, 2020 11:57pm
RIP. Poor lady. The circumstances of her death remain dubious and a proper postmortem and coroner's inquest is a must.
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Dec 22, 2020 11:58pm
5 years in exile and wearing roots sweat shirt and Canada goose jacket something only she could afford and people born here mostly can't. where do these activist getting their dough from?
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Dec 22, 2020 11:58pm
@Joe, How do you claim that she was killed when Canadian Police have not shown any suspicion? Were you part of the killers?
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Dec 23, 2020 12:03am
@Joe, don’t compare apples with oranges... right to self determination for Kashmir is recognised by the UN - no such recognition exists for Balochistan except in India ofcourse..!
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Dec 23, 2020 12:10am
They were on Indian payroll, now they are being eliminated after the European Union report of India funding terrorism in Pakistan..
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Dec 23, 2020 12:11am
May be she died of Corona
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Dec 23, 2020 12:27am
India has lost a great friend
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Dec 23, 2020 12:32am
"No foul play" by Canadian police, seems, quite complicit.
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Dec 23, 2020 12:42am
@Anjali, India is killing them and blaming Pakistan
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Dec 23, 2020 12:43am
@Stargazer, really? How? Why?
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Dec 23, 2020 12:45am
Indians should be more worried about Sikhs , who are demanding a separate home land. The millions of Sikhs have gathered around Delhi for their independence and Ghodi media is saying it is Pakistan funded. Independence of Kashmir , Punjab , Mesoram, Nagaland and Assam is just around the corner.
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Dec 23, 2020 12:47am
@@papi, benefitted from the death of an activist living in Canada? Are you serious. Do you think she was a threat to the solidarity or security of Pakistan? We are not afraid of three times bigger India, what the talk of few Baluch separatist living abroad in asylum.
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Dec 23, 2020 01:22am
India tying up loose ends
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Dec 23, 2020 01:32am
@Fawad bhai,
She was a Pakistani even though she had issues with our state, I don’t care if it was India’s gain or loss but we lost a Pakistani citizen and surely a loss for us.
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Dec 23, 2020 01:35am
when truth comes out don't reject it.
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Dec 23, 2020 01:37am
It could be the work of people who are trying to malign Pakistan.
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Dec 23, 2020 02:04am
@saksci,
Saiid Hussain Baloch was found dead in Sweden earlier this year.
Surprise, surprise he drowned. Drowning doesn’t leave any marks.
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Dec 23, 2020 02:08am
@Laila, ' we ' Indians ?
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Dec 23, 2020 02:13am
@@papi, Who will benefit from her death .
Looking like india with infamous Disinfolab exposed hate network swings into action.
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Dec 23, 2020 02:58am
India using Baloch activists against Pakistan and when they are no more needed they are removed from way..
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Dec 23, 2020 03:35am
@Multani, forgot Michael Jackson?
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Dec 23, 2020 03:35am
@Tariq Khan, Any basis?
Or the just the stereotypical conspiracy theory.
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Dec 23, 2020 04:38am
Probably died of Covid 19.
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Dec 23, 2020 06:04am
@Multani, finally a sensible view. I am amazed people think this is natural deaths.
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Dec 23, 2020 06:14am
@Rajanikanth G, Drug addiction can kill people even at a young age .
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Dec 23, 2020 06:42am
Others like them needs to learn to avoid the similar results.
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Dec 23, 2020 07:13am
@JOY,
Yes. We know it's India
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Dec 23, 2020 07:19am
Canada raises concerns for Indian farmers and a baloch activist whom no one knew before ends up dead in Canada.
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Dec 23, 2020 07:32am
@Pakistani, died of Covid-19 while out walking without previous symptoms and diagnosis or any health issues? Do study what Covid-19 is and how it effects health. Just so you don't keep thinking people drop dead all of a sudden.
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Dec 23, 2020 07:38am
@Andher Nagri , this may come as a surprise to you but people aged 37 without any health issues don't just drop dead when out walking.
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Dec 23, 2020 07:46am
What a waste of precious young brain. I have faith in Canadian Police investigation. Unfortunately she committed suicide. RIP
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Dec 23, 2020 07:53am
@saksci, google it mister
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Dec 23, 2020 08:14am
@M. Emad, Do you know who is doing it. Their Masters are killing them after using them.
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Dec 23, 2020 08:30am
@Anti-Corruption , Let's wait. Don't jump on conclusion so fast.
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Dec 23, 2020 08:31am
@N khan, How you know natural death?
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Dec 23, 2020 08:49am
@Altaf (UK & Canada), The whole world knows haw peaceful Baloch are living in Pakistan.
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Dec 23, 2020 08:51am
@Fawad bhai, You have any doubt?
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Dec 23, 2020 08:56am
@Zak, You are absolutely correct. The whole world knows this.
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Dec 23, 2020 08:59am
@Anti-Corruption , Committed Suicided - How you know that? Any connection with her?
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Dec 23, 2020 09:39am
This definitely has Indian hands behind it.
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Dec 23, 2020 09:41am
Canada police is useless.
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Dec 23, 2020 12:25pm
@saksci, Learn to read and research on your own before you write. This will be an education for you.
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Dec 23, 2020 01:06pm
Trudeau clean up your house first before commenting on Indian (rather Punjabi) farmers.
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Dec 23, 2020 01:07pm
Every person can die at any age.
Canadian police is trustworthy.
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Dec 23, 2020 02:12pm
Death being investigated as "noncriminal " tells it all about the attitude of Canada Police
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Dec 23, 2020 05:17pm
Rest In Peace.
Canadian police is trustworthy.
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Dec 23, 2020 05:18pm
That simply means freedom and separation of Balochistan.
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Dec 23, 2020 05:19pm
@Tariq K Sami, MD., Autopsy performed by who?
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Dec 23, 2020 05:33pm
@Thunderbird, We as in WE PAKISTANIS. I should have made that clear for the chronically suspicious and intellectually challenged.
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Dec 23, 2020 06:43pm
@Laila, how do you know the deceased did not have any underlying condition?
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Dec 23, 2020 07:20pm
Sad ! How many young people die suddenly with a ' natural death' ?
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