Naila Tasneem It is often observed in face of natural disasters that poor people particularly living in underdeveloped regions occupy high risk locations, such as flood plains, river banks, steep slopes etc. They also often lack the financial and material resources needed to safeguard their lives and livelihoods from disasters and the impact on social infrastructure and social networks is ...

Ali Raza Rind Chagai – Pakistani authorities lodged protest with Iranian authorities for firing mortar shells in Chagai district, on Sunday. According to Deputy Commissioner (DC) Chagai, Khuda-e-Nazar Barech, two mortar shells were fired into Kachao, a village of Chagai. Mr. Barech said that the shells have exploded in a plane area and no kind of loss was reported. However, ...

Hizbullah Khan Quetta – Names of 43 people have been shortlisted for Khan Shaheed Best Achievement National Award. This announcement was made during a press conference in Quetta Press Club, on Sunday. Shortlisted candidates for Khan Shaheed Best Achievement National Award include people who have given sacrifices for Balochistan and have played special role in the development of backward province. ...

Shoaib Durrazai Dr. Yaseen Baloch, Secretary General of National Party (NP), died in a road accident near Uthal while travelling from Quetta to Winder on Thursday. Dr. Yaseen Baloch, along with his companions, was on his way to attended Baloch Students Organization (BSO) session in Winder when his vehicle overturned near Uthal. Dr. Yaseen Baloch succumbed to the injuries and ...

The arid and semi-arid landscapes of Balochistan host a variety of rare animals and birds housed in the Hingol National Park and Hazarganji-Chiltan National Park.  Hingol National Park, located on the coast of Makran and near the Princess of Hope, is the biggest park of Pakistan that is globally significant due to its ecosystems that are amazingly diverse. The said ...

Adnan Aamir When the current government of Balochistan assumed power there were thousands of vacancies in the education department. In order to fill those vacancies, the government decided to outsource the recruitment testing phase to a third party called National Testing Service (NTS). Applications for recruitment tests on over 4,000 vacancies of teachers were announced in December last year. 11 ...

Mariyam Suleman Gwadar – Gwadar port free zone land was handed over to China Overseas Ports Holding Company Ltd (COPHCL) on a 43-year lease during the formal handover ceremony conducted in Gwadar, on Wednesday. Being  part of the China-Pak Economic Corridor (CPEC), the ceremony was mainly conducted for three important undertakings; Handing-taking over Gwadar port free zone land, Framework Agreement ...

Suleman Hashim Gwadar – Chairman of Municipal Committee Gwadar, Abid Sohrabi and local councilors from all parties condemned the violation of their rights by Gwadar Port Authority (GPA) and Gwadar Development Authority (GDA) during a press conference in Municipal Committee Office Gwadar, on Thursday. According to the local government councilors, a large number of projects are being planned by GPA ...

Ali Raza Rind Chagai – According to claims of local leaders of Balochistan National Party (BNP), first time in history of Noshki huge number of women will attend a political gathering. These claims were made by leadership of BNP Chapters of Noshki and Chagai districts while addressing a press conference in Dalbandin Press Club on Thursday. BNP has announced a ...

Sami Parvez Quetta – Sayed Muhammad, a graduate of Balochistan University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) Khuzdar has been cheated out of his position by university administration. Sayed Muhammad, a resident of Turbat, secured first position in Electrical Engineering department of BUET Khuzdar but University administration deprived him of his right, as per his claims. Addressing a Press Conference in ...