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Dead body of Baloch political activist found from Kotri, Sindh

Quetta: Bullet riddled and decomposed dead body of Dur Mohammad Bugti was found dumped in Kotri area of Jamshoro district of Sindh on Thursday. According to the Baloch Republican Party Media Cell the bullet riddled dead body was found near Kotri area of Jamshoro district. Local authorities reached at the site and shifted the body to Kotri civil hospital, where ...

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Deprived province: 59% of Balochistan without natural gas

By Iftikhar Firdous ISLAMABAD: Marred by neglect and a deadly insurgency that has left Balochistan in a state of terminal chaos, the province remains the most deprived region in the country when it comes to the supply of natural gas – a resource it has in abundance. In a startling disclosure in the upper house of parliament, the Ministry of Petroleum and ...

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Pakistan: The “Last Chance” for Girls’ Education

By Malik Siraj Akbar A religious extremist group that is determined to prevent girls from going to school in Pakistan’s Balochistan province left a bizarre warning on Tuesday outside a private school: “This is your last chance,” read a hand-written threatening letter that had been affixed outside the main entrance of the best known local school, the Oasis School. They had also ...

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Five Hindu children abducted in Balochistan

Quetta : At least five children belonging to Hindu community have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Jaffarabad district of the  Balochistan on Wednesday According to the details  the children aged between five to ten years were abducted late from Dera Allah Yar area while coming back from school. All kids were daughters and sons of a renowned Hindu trader ...

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Balochistan Marches for School Safety as Panjgur Braves Boko Haram-type Threats

By Anushe Noor Faheem. A tide of protests have swept Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan after threats from shadowy militants forced dozens of private schools in Panjgur, a district in the province, to close their schools.   The warning of “dire consequences” for private schools providing “western education” intimidated at least 35 private schools and 30 English language centers in Panjgur to shut their doors on May 7. Government schools ...

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Panjgoor needs efficacious measures to curb anti education activities

By Khurshid Qazi  Panjgoor,  a backward district of Baluchistan with insufficient amenities of life; however, is ranked as the most literate district of the least developed province and is nothing less than a glooming star in a cluster of a dark sky. Unfortunately, the contemporary upheavals of the district have resulted the closure of 23 private schools including English language ...

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A glaring attempt to formulate Balochistan into Wasirstan

By Zareef Gul Baloch  Since the dawn of Baluchistan it has critically been deprived of both male and female education sector and it has been constantly confronting with numerous other impediments before the emergence of this terrorist group, whereas the Baloch have always been secular in terms of giving equally the authority of the attainment of education to their male ...

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Letter: Hunger Strike till Death

Issue of missing persons is the most complicated matter of  Balochistan and unfortunately no efforts have been made by the government to resolve it. The chairman of Baloch student organization Azad (BSO-Z) Zahid Baloch, was abducted on 18 March, 2014 from Quetta allegedly by the secret agencies of state. On April 22, 2014 Baloch student organization announced a hunger strike ...

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The Chief Minister Balochistan appeals Lateef Johar to break his Hunger Strike Till Death

Quetta:Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch visited the camp of BSO-Azad’s outside Karachi Press Club on Wednesday and appealed Lateef Johar to break his ‪Hunger Strike Till Death. Lateef Johar is   one of the Central Committee Members of Baloch Students Organization-Azad, on April 22, he announced “Hunger Strike Till Death” at Karachi Press Club to protest the enforced abduction of Zahid Baloch. Zahid ...

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Balochistan needs Rs 17 Bln for EPI Program

QUETTA: Balochistan government will have to need Rs 17 billion funding to continue its Expanded Program of Immunization (EPI) after withdrawal of GAVI support in June 2015. This was said in Pre-Budget seminar on EPI, Nutrition and Lady Health Workers organized by Save the Children, here on Tuesday. Giving his presentation, EPI Balochistan’s Deputy Coordinator, Dr. Ishaq Panezai said that ...

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