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Gwadar Protests: Unjust Treatment of Local Employees of GDA School

Gwadar – Employees of Gwadar Development Authority (GDA) Public Higher Secondary School protested against the unjust treatment of local employees, on Monday. Employees of GDA Public Higher Secondary school, both academic and non-academic, protested outside the main office of GDA. Employees protested against the unjust attitude of GDA administration in the form of terminating a local teacher, suspending the office ...

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Editorial: BPSC Must Bring its House in Order

Balochistan Public Service Commission (BPSC) is a constitutionally-mandated autonomous body which is responsible for recruitment on provincial government jobs that have scale of BPS-16 or higher. BPSC has been marred by corruption and mismanagement in recent past. Last Chairman of BPSC was unceremoniously sacked by Governor of Balochistan after a judicial inquiry report found him responsible for corruption in job ...

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Fifth death Anniversary of Lal Baksh Rind

Shoaib Durrazai Yesterday was Lal Baksh rind’s fifth death anniversary. Lal Bux rind was a progressive and enlightened person who left a strong footprint on the history of Balochistan before departing this world. Lal Baksh rind joined Awami League, Pakistan’s first left wing progressive party, after partition. He remained in this party till the time there was a split in ...

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Return of Khan of Kalat: What Politicians Say

Adnan Aamir One of the ruling parties of Balochistan, National Party (NP), is making attempts to perused Khan of Kalat, Mir Suleman Dawood Khan, to return to Balochistan. Two delegations of NP have met Khan of Kalat and Senior Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri is presently in London to meet with Khan of Kalat. In this context, Balochistan Point talked with ...

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Gwadar: Increase in Road Accidents and Casualties

Mariyam Suleman Baloch Between a circle of crowd, numerous people stood staring at the victim who had closed his eyes and was fallen on the road with blood on his torn shirt and around him. It was too late when a kind soul took him to the hospital. He died, leaving behind a story that was indeed repeated for a ...

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‘Rising Balochistan’ Seminar Held in Quetta

Adnan Aamir Quetta – Rising Balochistan seminar was held in Serena Hotel Quetta, on Thursday. Seminar was organized by the Balochistan chapter of Alumni Association of National Security Workshop (AAN) with the support of Balochistan government. Governor of Balochistan, Muhammad Khan Achakzai was the chief guest of the seminar and delivered the opening address about how Balochistan is developing and ...

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Kech Bar Association Announces Full-court Boycott

Sami Parvez Turbat – Kech Bar Association (KBA) has announced a full-court boycott in the district to protest the non-availability of District Public Prosecutor. Position of District Public Prosecutors in Kech is lying vacant for a long time and it has resulted in paralyzing the legal system. Many cases are pending in session court of Kech only due to non-availability ...

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Problems of Balochistan: A Way Forward – Part 2

Ayaz Ahmed This is Part-2 of three articles series on this topic. Click here to read Part-1 of this series Most schools are in dilapidated condition and bereft of required facilities i.e., scientific equipments, adequate class rooms, clean drinking water, play grounds and toilets. Moreover, a large number of teachers lack requisite qualifications and relevant training. To exacerbate this, many ...

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Balochistan: The Curse of Natural Resources

Naila Tasneem What comes to our minds when we think of Balochistan; killings, kidnappings, torture, missing persons, separatist movement, proxy wars involving sectarian roots, backwardness etc. But is that all there is to it or are we missing out on something more important. The largest province of Pakistan in terms of its physical size, constituting approximately 44% of the total ...

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NADRA: Disrupting Demographics in Balochistan by Issuing Fake ID Cards

Adnan Aamir National Databases and Registration Authority (NADRA) is the premier body of Pakistan for issuing nationality related credentials to citizens. Established in early 2000s, NADRA has earned praise for developing a huge database with a reasonable degree of security. Under-developed countries like Sri Lanka have also used the services of NADRA to develop their own nationality database. However, lately ...

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