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Apathy of Balochistan Government: Treatment of Ameer Ullah in Jeopardy

Adnan Aamir Quetta – Treatment of Ameer Ullah Kakar in Aga Khan University (AKU) Hospital is being delayed due to non-payment of treatment expenses by Balochistan government, learnt Balochistan Point. AKU Hospital administration is demanding Rs. 1 million to conduct medical tests of Ameer, family of Ameer told Balochistan Point. Ameer Ullah is a 22 year old student from Killa ...

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Promotion of Languages and Literature is Inevitable for Development – CM

Quetta – Promotion of languages and literature is inevitable for the development of any nation said Chief Minister Balochistan, Dr Abdul Malik Baloch, on Monday. Addressing a the three day-long international Pashto seminar at a local hotel, Chief Minister said that language is a blessing, thus youth should read, write and work hard for the promotion of their languages. “Promotion ...

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Radio Pakistan Transmission or Sports Complex?

Adnan Aamir During the 1950s two radio transmitters were installed at a 64-acre land on Sariab Road Quetta. These transmitters used to broadcast transmission of Radio Pakistan Quetta, 18 hours a day, in Brahvi, Balochi and Urdu. This transmission was heard all over Balochistan, Afghanistan, Iran and even Gulf states. In 2010, the transmitters stopped working. Radio Pakistan, due to ...

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Balochistan: Anti-Polio Drive will Start from 14th September

Quetta – Anti-polio drive in Balochistan will start from tomorrow, September 14th, in 32 districts aimed at administering drops to over 2.4 million children below the age of five years, announced Rehmat Saleh Baloch, Minister Health Balochistan. Addressing a press conference on Sunday, Rehmat Baloch has said that “Provincial government is taking all necessary measures to improve the quality of ...

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Bleak Future of Balochistan Educational Sector

Akhtar Baloch The overall educational sector of Balochistan has failed to provide quality education because it lacks qualified human resources and sufficient schools and infrastructure. According to Policy planning and Implementation Unit (PPIU) there is only one middle school for approximately 9 primary schools. Total there are 10,585 primary schools and 1,165 middle schools; most of which lack basic facilities ...

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War Against Economic Terrorism in Balochistan

Adnan Aamir Balochistan is facing myriad problems ranging from insurgency to sectarian violence and bad governance. In such a situation, one of the less focused issues is the rampant corruption in the province which has rendered the government machinery ineffective.  Corruption is not a new problem for Balochistan. In fact the second Chief Minister of Balochistan, Jam Ghulam Qadir, was ...

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Gwadar Port and Strategic Regional Interests – Part 2

Ayaz Ahmed This is Part-2 of three articles series on this topic. Click here to read Part-1 of this series As regards Chinese military interests, China needs this critical choke point to achieve its strategic objective of becoming an “impregnable naval power” in the Indian Ocean. It is calculated to check the Indo-US domination of the Arabian Sea, and use ...

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Editorial: Intermediate Result Debacle

As per the result announced by Balochistan Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BBISE) 71 percent candidate, out of 26,882 that appeared in exams, could not pass it. Those who passed the exams have also scored lower marks, on average. As expected, Intermediate students who were victimized by BBISE took the streets. On 6th September, almost 3,000 students protested outside ...

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Legal Action Awaited On Fake Recruitment Ad

Quetta – Legal action is awaited against a fake recruitment Ad published in local newspaper of Quetta on 6th September. Balochistan Point had reported on 7th September that a Fake ad was published to deceive unemployed youth to send thousands of rupees to bank accounts as application fee. Civil Society of Balochistan has submitted an application against the Fake ad ...

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Plight of Education in Balochistan

Zafar ullah Musyani On 5th September, Balochistan Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BBISE) Quetta announced the annual result of intermediate exams. According to the chairman board only 7,710 students out of 26,880 passed the examination. Whereas 19,173 candidates failed in the exams. Likewise, this time the result depicted a dark future of Balochistan. And, it also evolved several questions ...

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