QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan, Dr Abdul Malik Baloch on Wednesday has announced Rs 100 million for the flood affectees of Punjab. In a statement, he said that the people of Balochistan are sad and concerned over the losses of precious lives and property caused by torrential rains and floods in different districts of the Punjab. “People of Balochistan and government would make ...

Quetta: A polio case has been unearthed in eastern bypass area of Quetta on Wednesday. This is the second polio case that has been detected in Balochistan this year. According to sources in health department of Balochistan, Polio virus was detected in 12-months old, Gul Muhammad. The family of the polio victim is a resident of eastern bypass region in ...

Quetta: A successful strike was held on the call of Balochistan National Party (BNP) in Baloch areas of Balochistan on Monday. A complete shutter down strike was observed in districts of Khuzdar, Kalat and Mastung against alleged operation in Balochistan and killing of a BNP leader in Panjgur All commercial activity was ceased throughout the day in the cities where ...

Quetta: MNA of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Molvi Agha Muhammad, from NA-261 was disqualified by election tribunal due to having a fake degree. Election tribunal declared NA-261 vacant and ordered re-elections on the constituency. NA-261 comprises of districts of Pishin and Ziarat in Balochistan. JUI-F MNA had submitted a fake degree of a religious seminary during last general elections. Election tribunal ...

Shezad Baloch Quetta: Press clubs across Balochistan remained closed on Monday as journalists protested what they described as law enforcement agencies ‘inability’ to find the murderers of journalist Irshad Mastoi and two of his colleagues, who were gunned down in their office on August 28. The strike was called by Pakistan Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and Pakistan Press Clubs Council. ...

Quetta: Former president of Pakistan and dictator, General (Retd.) Musharraf, once again failed to appear before anti-terrorism court in Akbar Bugti murder case, on Monday. Lawyer of Pervez Musharraf, Nazeer Ahmed Cheema, told the court that his client couldn’t appear due to his illness. Aftab Ahmad Sherpao, former interior minister of Pakistan and Shoaib Nosherwani, former home minister of Balochistan ...

Syed Ali Shah A survey conducted by the Institute of Social and Policy Sciences (ISPS) says there is only one teacher for every 123 students in Quetta’s Muhammad Khail Punjpai tehsil. This comes as a stark contrast when compared with the Apwa Girls School located in the heart of the provincial capital that has one teacher for every three students. ...

KARACHI: After the East Pakistan tragedy, some communities in Pakistan are still being demonised with little attention being given to the Baloch population perhaps because it does not fetch electronic media good ratings, a national conference on media was informed on Wednesday. “We are still demonising communities yet no activism on the part of citizens is there. Balochistan represents one ...

Quetta: If the local bodies election process is not completed soon then the councilors can tender mass resignations, said All Parties democratic alliance (APDA) on Saturday. APDA is an alliance of all political parties of Balochistan that have contested local body polls in last December, excluding National Party (NP) and Pashtunkhaw Milli Awami Party (PKMAP). A meeting of APDA was ...

Quetta: Journalist community in Quetta has decided to close Quetta Press Club on Monday to mourn the killing of journalists in Quetta. Three journalists were killed in center of Quetta city by unknown assailants on 28th August. On Sunday, the protest by journalists against killing of their three colleagues, entered 10th day. In order to protest the killing of journalists, ...