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Menace of Child Labor in Quetta

Adnan Aamir Everyday when sunrises; Jummah Khan and Razzaq leave their homes to collect garbage. Carrying large plastic bags on their tender shoulders, to store garbage, both of them search for saleable garbage items all day. In evening, they sell their daily garbage collection to earn their livelihood. Jummah is 12 years old and Razzaq is just 11 years old. ...

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Letter: Importance of Free Press

What is the power of free press? Why real democracy is considered the best form of political system? The near fatal attack on Hamid Mir, last year, was a painful and flabbergasting incident carried out by unknown persons that sealed the fate of free press in Pakistan. Why do that rulers, Civilians or military, in Pakistan never allow full freedom ...

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Young Artists Of Balochistan

Shahjahan Baloch Art, especially fine art is the architect of harmony that human soul always desires for. It rubs the ordinary dust of the time from objects and immortalizes them. It seeks completion in the mind of the one who sees it, reads it, hears it, and understands it. It is the untold tale of centuries; it highlights what is ...

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18 Hours Load Shedding In Home Town Of CM Balochistan

Shoaib Durrazai Turbat – Turbat, the home town of Chief Minister (CM) of Balochistan Dr. Malik Baloch is facing 18 hours of electricity load shedding a day. Temperature of Turbat was recorded 45 °C on Tuesday and electricity load shedding caused huge inconvenience for people. Electricity load shedding has resulted in shortage of drinking water, business activity has been badly ...

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Balochistan Government Suspends Entire Cabinet Of BPLA

Quetta – Department of Colleges Higher and Technical Education (College Section) Government of Balochistan has suspended all cabinet members of Balochistan Professors and Lecturers association (BPLA), on Wednesday. BPLA, established in 1995, is the union of all professors and lecturers in colleges of Balochistan. According to the notification of Balochistan government, 11 professors and lecturers were suspended due to violation ...

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UET Lahore: Objectives Resolution Of Baloch Council Presented

Lahore – Objectives Resolution of Baloch Council of University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore was presented, on Monday. Objectives resolution was presented on the occasion of farewell party of 2011 session of UET. Baloch Council UET Lahore alumni members Zakir Kannar Baloch, Saddam Samalani and Yahya Azeem Baloch were the chief guests of the event. Baloch Council UET Lahore ...

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University Of Turbat Facing Plethora Of Problems

Sami Parvez Turbat – University of Turbat (UOT) the only university in Makran division of Balochistan is facing plethora of problems, learnt The Balochistan Point. UOT was established as a sub-campus of University of Balochistan in 2009 and it was upgraded to a University by incumbent Balochistan government in 2013. UOT has been dubbed as a change agent for its ...

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Letter: Reality Of Education In Balochistan

There is no denying of the fact that a nation can reach the pinnacle of success only through education. The education sector of Balochistan was neglected by every successive government. Despite imposing educational emergency and increasing the education budget up to 26% the state of education in Balochistan is in very alarming condition. According to Pakistan Social and Living Standard ...

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Plight Of Air Passengers In Balochistan

Adnan Aamir The word Balochistan is synonymous with deprivation in Pakistan. There isn’t a single federal department that is not depriving Balochistan of its legitimate rights. Now, Civil Aviation Authority and Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) have also joined the ranks of the organizations that are directly responsible for deprivation in Balochistan. A huge number of citizens from Balochistan visit Middle ...

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Not A Single Federal Secretary From Balochistan

Islamabad – Among the pool of 40 federal secretaries there is not a single one from Balochistan, reported The News. Federal secretaries are grade-22 government servants controlling federal ministries and only subordinate to their respective federal minister. Out of 40 federal secretaries, 22 are from Punjab, 11 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 3 from Sindh, 2 each from Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad ...

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