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Monthly Archives: April 2015

Educational Emergency: Mastung Schools Waiting For Study Materials For 2 Months

Quetta – Despite the imposition of educational emergency by Balochistan government, schools in Mastung district are waiting for study materials for 2 months. Government sends study materials to every government school before the begging of March every year. Study materials include, books, note books, charts, slates laboratory material etc. In normal cases the study material reached the schools with delay ...

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CPEC Will Be Another Kalabagh Dam If Route Changed: ANP

Quetta – Awami National Party (ANP) claimed that China-Pak Economic Corridor (CPEC) will be another Kalabagh Dam project if its original route was changed, on Tuesday. ANP held a major political rally at Railway Hockey stadium Quetta, on Tuesday. Leaders of ANP including its provincial chief Asghar Khan Achakzai, Dr. Inayatullah and Zamaruk Khan Achakzai spoke at the rally. “Shifting ...

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Widespread Industrial Fire Incidents In Pakistan

Hanif Dilmurad Industrial accidents and fire incidents are every day routine in most industrial cities of Pakistan. Absence of precautionary measures and lack of robust regulatory systems has put the lives of laborers in permanent danger. List of industrial incidents in Pakistan is very long.  On December 28, 2014, Timber market near Old Haji Camp in Karachi gutted. As a ...

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Letter: Nationalism And National Interest In Pakistan

The jargon ‘’Nationalism’’ has always ushered me into labyrinths of mental chaos.  Do we behold any sort of nationalism in Pakistan? Had it ever existed in Pakistan? Will it ever be witnessed? I am always entangled with such nature of queries that have always caused me an intense agitation. Retrospectively, yet I do not comprehend as to Why Pakistan had ...

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Balochistan: Electricity Supply Further Reduced By 200 MW

Quetta – According to Quetta electricity Supply Company (QESCO) Electricity supply of Balochistan from national Electricity Grid has been further reduced from 600 Megawatt (MW) to 400 MW on Sunday. This decision is believed to exacerbate the living conditions of people of Balochistan who are already suffering long hours of Load shedding. This decision has been made by Ministry of ...

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University Of Balochistan: A Den Of Corruption

University of Balochistan (UOB) is the largest and oldest university of the province. All the colleges of the provinces are accredited by this university and therefore it has pivotal role in the education of Balochistan. Current administration of UOB has been repeatedly blamed by different quarters for turning UOB into a den of corruption. On Saturday, different student organizations carried ...

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Letter: Sindh Crying For Peace

Sindh used to be recognized as a land of love, peace and Sufis but nowadays Sindh is confronting many problems related to violence for the last few years. On the 30th of January 2015, a bomb blast struck main Imam Bargah of Shikarpur during Juma Prayer. As a result 72 innocent people lost their lives. This is not the Sindh ...

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Improvement Af-Pak Relations Must For Economic Prosperity

Hanif Dilmurad Karachi – Improvement in Pak-Afghan relations is must for economic prosperity of both countries, said participants of an event held in Marriot hotel Karachi, on Friday. “Civil society consultation: resetting Pak-Afghan relations: quest for peace and stability” event was held at Marriott Hotel Karachi by Pakistan Peace Coalition (PPC) and Center for Social Change (CSC). Huma Baqahi, a ...

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GC University: Two Baloch Students Secured Gold Medals

Lahore – Two Baloch students secured Gold Medals in the 13th convocation of Government College (GC) University Lahore, on Friday. Jasim Ali a student of BS Philosophy secured gold medal by scoring CGPA of 3.38 and standing first in the batch, learnt The Balochistan Point. Bangul Khan Bugti secured the Gold Medal in BS Political Science by scoring a CGPA of ...

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Kech: Doctors Protest Kidnapping Of Fellow Doctor

Sami Parvaz Turbat – Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Kech chapter observed boycott of Out Patient department (OPD) in hospitals to protests the abduction of Dr. Amir Baksh in Quetta. Members of PMA Kech boycotted duty in OPD and protested against the incident of kidnapping of yet another doctor in Balochistan. The abducted doctor originally belongs from Kech district Dr. Amir ...

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