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Fake Recruitment Ad: Civil Society of Balochistan Demands Legal Action

Adnan Aamir Quetta – Civil society of Balochistan demands legal actions against the perpetrators of a fake requirement advertisement published in local news paper of Quetta. Yesterday a recruitment advertisement was published on page 3 of Jang Quetta edition. Recruitment ad invited job applications for 9 different positions in American Institute of Oil and Gas Technology (AIOGT). Interestingly, recuitment ad ...

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Intermediate Result: Students Protest Against Balochistan Board

Sami Parvez Quetta – Students who had taken Intermediate exams have severely criticized Balochistan Board of Intermediate and Secondary education (BBISE), in aftermath of the result.   BBISE announced Intermediate result on 5th September and only 28.68 percent of stands were declared pass. Out of 26,883 candidates that appeared in exams only 7,710 candidates were declared successful. Out of 26,883 ...

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Shortage of Libraries In Quetta

Jamil Ahmed Libraries play a pivotal role in the development of a country and produce great scholars, teachers, good leaders, honest government officials and create employment opportunities.  Moreover, it reduces the crime rate in the country, for instance, if the public are busy in their studies then they will be far away from the bad practices.  Unfortunately, in the state ...

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Peaceful Balochistan: Will it Work?

Adnan Aamir On August 14, 400 former Baloch insurgents surrendered before the provincial government in Quetta. The trend of surrendering started after June 26 this year when the prime minister approved general amnesty for those Baloch insurgents who surrender. On August 6, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif approved the ‘Peaceful Balochistan’ package under which Rs0.5 million to Rs1.5 million will be ...

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Top 10 Blunders by Dr. Malik Baloch’s Government

Adnan Aamir Since taking power as the Chief Minister of Balochistan, Dr. Malik Baloch and his allies have made a lot of blunders. Following is an attempt to list down the top 10 bloopers of the coalition government of National Party, Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party and PML-N, which is headed by Dr. Malik Baloch. 10) Internship program that never materialized ...

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Letter: Delay in Announcement of F.Sc Result

Intermediate exams by Balochistan Board of Intermediate and Secondary education were conducted in April this year. Almost 5 months have passed and still result has not been announced. Students are anxiously waiting for the results so that they can proceed with their academic career. In meantime admissions in most of colleges and universities of Pakistan have started and Balochistan students ...

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Gwadar Youth Forum Celebrates its Third Anniversary

Barkatullah Baloch Gwadar – 1st September is the day when Gwadar Youth Forum (GYF) came in to being. Three years back from now, on first of September 2012, the dream of an organization like GYF became a reality. The founders of GYF include author, Arif Noor, Ibrahim Faraz and Sabir Hayat. Later a few more hardworking and sincere youth like ...

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Pygmy Jerboa: World’s Tiniest Mouse Found in Balochistan

Qais Baloch Baluchitherium is one of the largest land mammals ever existed, it was discovered by a French paleontologist Jean-Loup Welcomme in Dera Bugti district of Balochistan. Pygmy Jerboa mouse, which is equal to a coin in size, was first discovered by J.A Anderson in Chagai district of Balochistan. Pygmy Jerboa is the tiniest mouse in the world and is ...

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Importance of Sustainable Development for Balochistan

Naila Tasneem This year in September, Sustainable development goals (SDGs) will be replacing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that were put into place by the UN in 1990 and will be expiring by the end of 2015. These targets set by the UN will be affecting the way member states frame their policies and political agendas. It is expected that ...

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Hooliganism of Student’s Organizations

Sami Parvez One of the main reasons for plight of higher educational institutes in Quetta is the hooliganism of Students organizations. Whether these student’s organizations belong to Baloch and Pashtun nationalist parties, mainstream parties or religious parties all of them have contributed in destruction of education, in Quetta in particular and Balochistan in general. Last year two goons of a ...

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