By: Mir Behram Baloch Quetta: Civil society of Balochistan held a peaceful protest against forceful closure of girls’ Schools in Panjgur at Quetta Press Club today. A large number of  social activists, members of Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) , students, human rights  activists, lawyers, media representatives, political parties and writers participated in the event  and demanded for the protection and promotion ...

By Shoaib Durrazai Boko Haram is basically an Islamic extremist group opposing Western education. They began with activities on a smaller scale which included attacking and then escaping. Majorly affected were clerics. Later the activities grew up into attacks on churches, police, army and political authorities. In its major attacks the UN office and central police were targeted in the ...

Khuzdar : At least eight levies personnel were killed and one levies was injured on Sunday when unidentified armed men opened fire at a check post near Wadh tehsil on the Quetta-Karachi Highway. The attack took place in Wadh area of Balochistan’s Khuzdar district. Assistant commissioner Wadh confirmed deaths of levies personnel. According to initial reports, armed men attacked the ...

By Bahram Baloch Panjgur is known  for being  peaceful and education  lightening  district  of  Baluchistan, however, it  has been  under  the  sufferings  of  opprobrious  problems  of peace  destructions. Before recovering from critical hurdles, it has been made to face forced abandonment of its all private schools after receiving threats by armed group calling itself  Tanzeem-ul-Islam-ul-Furqan. The   threats  given  by  the  ...

NDTV Report Karachi:  Eyes yellowing but sparkling with determination, Lateef Johar vows to carry on his month-long hunger strike until his missing leader is recovered — or he dies and another young Baluch takes his place. A month ago the 23-year-old chose to sit outside Karachi Press Club and refuse food, to demand the return of Zahid Baluch, the chairman ...

By Yousaf Ajab Baloch Everyone knows about Nigeria’s Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram who kidnapped more than 200 girls in Chibok last month. Known for its offensive acts against girls education, Boko Haram is also notorious for targeting education institutions, churches, mosques, and police stations. However, few pundits and analysts have noticed another Islamic extremist organization that is forcing schools to abandon educating girls ...

Mahvish Ahmad Twenty-four year old Latif Johar is wasting away outside the Karachi Press Club. Three weeks ago, he declared a hunger strike unto death, in protest against the disappearance of Zahid Baloch, the chairman of the Baloch Student Organisation-Azaad, or BSO-Azaad. Banuk Kareema Baloch, BSO-Azaad’s vice chairman, witnessed the gunpoint abduction of Zahid, and pointed the finger squarely at ...

By Mariyam Suleman Baloch A 16-year old girl standing in the United Nations’ headquarter, addressing hundreds of well known officials form around the world, having pledge in her voice and rationality in her words who was gunshot for only a desire which in fact is one of her fundamental rights. Today in this 21st century, every young girl has the ...

By  Adnan Aamir Despite being badly affected by nationalist insurgency, the Makran division of Balochistan is among the most literate regions in the province. In recent times, however, education in this division, in particular in the Panjgur district, has come under serious threat, with religious extremists demanding the closure of co-ed and girls’ schools. Unfortunately, civil society in the rest ...

By  Mariyam Suleman Baloch “Stepping to the bus and crossing by the barren arid sandy roadsides of my homeland, a silence of the regime I hear and by the time I reach to my college, a squandering of my talents I experience sometimes. An outrageous state of my college truly anguishes me each day. I have some aims and dreams. ...