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BNP condemns division of provinces on administrative basis

Quetta: Division of provinces on administrative basis will divide the historical lands of different nations living in Pakistan, Said Dr. Jehanzneb Jamaldini, acting organizer of Balochistan National Party (BNP). BNP strongly condemns any attempt to divined provinces on administrative basis and it will only be possible over our dead bodies. BNP has no problem on the division of provinces on ...

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Strategic Importance of Gwadar Port

Tariq Kakar According to the geography of human mind, ideology and intellectuality of anthropoid nature always changes due to the strategy of time and power in international political culture. The government of Pakistan has realized the necessity of a seaport at Gwadar, a city situated at the Southwest coast of Balochistan, and measures have been taken for the construction of ...

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Bomb blast on Samungli road Quetta

Quetta: A bomb blast near Samungli housing scheme in Quetta has left 13 people wounded, including two children and a woman on late Saturday night. According to media reports, Bomb disposal squad has stated that 6-8 Kg of explosives was used in the bomb which was placed on a bicycle. The targeted area was a commercial area of Samungli road ...

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JUI-F MNA temporarily reinstated by Supreme Court

Quetta: Supreme Court temporarily reinstated the membership of JUI-F member of National Assembly (MNA) from NA-261, on Friday. Earlier, JUI-F MNA Molvi Agha Mohammad was disqualified by election tribunal in Balochistan at the charges of submitting a fake degree during election process. Justice Saqib Nisar, while heading a three member bench ordered to temporarily reinstate the membership of JUI-F MNA ...

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Journalists protest against killing of their colleagues

By   Shireen Gul I have been working as a journalist for the past seven years, and every year, I hear about the death of my fellow journalists in Pakistan. It really pinches me thinking about the fact that I am here, all safe doing whatever I wish to, but my people are not safe. I’m tired of this violence, I’m ...

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Time to end the hunting permits

The houbara bustard hunting season is once again imminent and these migratory birds will be hunted by assorted dignitaries and ‘notables’ from the Arabian peninsula and the Gulf region. Up to 17 permits a year are issued, allowing permit holders to hunt up to 10 birds a day in specified areas, a number that is reportedly widely flouted. Also flouted ...

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Re-election ordered on NA-267

Quetta: Election tribunal has ordered re-election on NA-267 Jhal Magsi – Kachhi after evidence of rigging was discovered, on Friday. Nawabzada Khalid Magsi had won NA-267 in last general elections as an Independent candidate. Mir Abdul Rahim Rind, runners up in elections, had challenged the victory of Khalid Magsi in election tribunal. Election tribunal judge, Muhammad Kakar order re-election on ...

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Double standards of CM Balochistan

Adnan Aamir Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch, Chief Minister (CM) of Balochistan visited flood hit areas in Multan on 17th September. He was greeted by his counterpart in Punjab, Shehbaz Sharif. At the occasion Dr. Malik gave a cheque of Rs. 100 million and 3 truckloads as aid for the flood victims of Punjab. Helping anyone at the time of crisis ...

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Saudi royals flock in search of Houbara Bustards

Shezad Baloch QUETTA: As temperatures begin to drop below freezing point in Siberia by the start of next month, an estimated 500,000 to a million Houbara Bustard birds will use Balochistan as a transit route while they migrate to warmer climes in central and south Asia. As the birds head to Balochistan, so too do royal families from the Gulf ...

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NADRA officer confesses to have issued illegal CNICs to afghan immigrants

Quetta: In a startling revelation, an officer of National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has confessed to have issued hundreds of illegal Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) to afghan immigrants after receiving bribery. NADRA employee made this confession while being interrogated by Nationality Accountability Bureau (NAB). NAB has filed reference against two more NADRA officials who are presently under custody ...

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