Quetta – Conflicting news reports are emerging about an agreement signed between Pakistan and Afghan governments to extend the stay of Afghan refugees in Pakistan for two years. Pakistan hosts 1.5 million Afghan refugees and their legal period of stay is set to expire in December this year. A tripartite meeting took place between officials of Pakistan, Afghanistan and UNHCR ...

In last few months street crimes in Turbat have surged up. Snatching and looting on gunpoint has become a common occurrence. Since beginning of month of August, 4 people have been killed in incidents of Street Crimes. Main reason for sudden increase in Street Crimes is lack of sufficient Police patrols in the city. It’s regretful to know that in ...

Tania Baloch What is Music? If we ask this question form a sad person or from somehow who is in search of tranquility, then his standard reply would be, “Music is food for the soul.” With the passage of time tradition of Music experienced good and bad times but there never has been a reduction in the number of Music ...

Naila Tasneem We celebrated the 69th Independence Day of Pakistan with much zeal and fervor and positive news coming out of Balochistan. Over 400 militants laid down their arms and vowed to shun militancy in a ceremony in Quetta. The government of Balochistan has been actively pursuing a policy of reconciliation for the past few months to pave way for ...

Quetta – Save Humanity Society Balochistan (SHSB) is a welfare trust working for eradication of drugs and treatment of drugs addicts in Quetta and Chaman. Established in 2012, SHSB is also known as Insaniat Bachao Center (IBC). SHSB is one of the few drug treatment centers working in Balochistan. SHSB has four branches in Quetta and one branch in Chaman ...

Adnan Aamir Quetta – U.S State Department is planning to deport a student from Balochistan who has been diagnosed with brain Tumor while living in USA, learnt Balochistan Point. 22 years old Ameer Ullah Kakar belongs to Killa Saifullah district of Balochistan. A student of 6th semester of B.A in Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) Islamabad, Ameer Ullah Kakar travelled to USA ...

Quetta – Pakistan Army has assured Emergency Operation Center (EOC) Balochistan to improve the coverage of vaccinating polio drops to children at Pak-Afghan border, particularly near Friendship Gate in Chaman. An important meeting was held at EOC to review the strategy of vaccinating children at Permanent Transit Points (PTP). EOC Coordinator Dr. Syed Saif Ur Rehman chaired the meeting. It ...

Ayaz Ahmed This is Part-3 of three articles series on this topic. Click here to read Part-1 of this series Click here to read Part-2 of this series To sincerely sort out these deeply seated issues of Balochistan, apart from some half hearted and negligible economic measures, the body politic has largely relied upon successive military operations to crush and ...

Adnan Aamir 11 people were killed in a deadly road accident on August 10, near Kalat district in Balochistan. Road accidents consuming lives of more than dozens of passengers is a normal occurrence on the highways of Balochistan. The reason for a rising number of accidents is the poor performance and conduct and control structure of National Highway Authority (NHA) ...

Adnan Aamir Quetta – 34 member delegation of Balochistan assembly will visit USA on a trip that will cost Rs. 35 approximately to the provincial exchequer, learnt Balochistan Point. Delegation will be led by deputy speaker of Balochistan assembly, Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo. Other participants include opposition leader Molana Abdul Wasay, deputy opposition leader Zamruk Achakzai, Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti, ...