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Monthly Archives: September 2015

Letter: NADRA Office Problems in Turbat

National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) Office in Turbat is one of the most important government offices in the city. People visit this office to get their B-forms and CNICs. This place is often crowded but there are not adequate arrangements to cater to needs of people. There is no proper sitting arrangement for the people who wait for their ...

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Ormara: 7 Passengers Dead, in Road Accident

Sami Parvez Gwadar – 7 passengers lost their lives in a deadly road accident when a bus collided with oil tanker in Ormara, on Wednesday. Bus carrying passengers was travelling to Karachi from Jiwani. According to sources, 45 passengers were wounded and they were rushed to Karachi hospitals for emergency treatment. Road accidents have increased on highways of Balochistan in ...

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Letter: No Emergency Doctors in Turbat

Turbat, one of the major cities of Balochistan, lacks emergency doctors which have resulted in several death cases in the city. In fact, every night after 10 PM all hospitals close down in Turbat city and there are no doctors to attend emergency patients. Recently, a female patient in Turbat faced an emergency situation and she was taken to three ...

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Turbat: Parents Protest Against Hike in School Fees

Sami Parvez Turbat – Parents of students have protested against hike in private school fees in Turbat city. Parents are upset as private school owners have raised the schools fees suddenly without any prior notice, learnt the Balochistan Point. “Sudden rise in private school fees is totally unjustified and huge burden on low-earning parents of students,” a disgruntled parent told ...

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Letter: Need for Makran Board

It is really surprising that there is only one board office in entire Balochistan. Other provinces have numerous educational boards for the convenience of students in different regions of those provinces. Makran division which comprises of Kech, Gwadar and Panjgur districts is located farthest away from Quetta. Students of Makran division need to travel 850 km away to Quetta for ...

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Electricity Problems in Gwadar

Riffat Wahab Baloch The electricity crisis has become a grave issue for the people of Gwadar. After every hour, two hours load shedding is faced by citizens, due to which the residents face many problems. Gwadar, the tipping point for 46 billion dollars China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and dubbed as the new centre of business in Asia, faces the grave ...

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First PIA Training Center Inaugurated in Balochistan

Quetta – Chief Minister Balochistan, Dr Abdul Malik Baloch and Captain, Shujahat Azeem Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Aviation inaugurated first PIA training center in Balochistan, on Monday. This new training center, established in Quetta, would be the 8th training center of the country and first ever in Balochistan from where annually 1,200 engineers would graduate in aviation sector. ...

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Gwadar: YES Alumni Celebrated World Literacy Day

Mariyam Suleman Baloch Gwadar – Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Alumna Gwadar celebrated World literacy day workshop by designing a workshop for 20 female members of Gwadar Youth Forum (GYF). One day long extensive workshop was organized by YES Alumna Gwadar, iEARN Pakistan and a few other volunteers. “I never thought that I would learn so much in one day ...

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Saindak Project: Employees and Local People are Suffering

Naeem Baloch The Saindak Copper-Gold mines are located adjacent to Saindak town District of Chagai. The gold deposits were identified by two geologists in 1901. In 1970, the discovery of gold deposits at Saindak was made in collaboration with a Chinese engineering firm. The project was launched in 1975 but Pakistani engineers couldn’t run the project properly. Then the project ...

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We want Educated Youth in Balochistan: Akhtar Mengal

Adnan Aamir Quetta – Chief organizer of Balochistan National Party (BNP), Sardar Akhtar Mengal has said that “We want educated Youth in Balochistan.” Akhtar Mengal made these comments while addressing a political gathering of BNP in Shahwani Stadium Sariab road, on Sunday evening. BNP chief started his speech by claiming that Pervez Musharraf could not destroy BNP and those who ...

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