Yahya Sahil Reki Quetta: International Volunteers Day was established by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on 17 December 1985. Since then, governments, the UN system and civil society organizations have successfullu joined volunteers around the world to celebrate the day on 5th December. Chanan Development Association (CDA) celebrated International Volunteers Day 2015 with the Volunteers in University of Balochistan Quetta. ...

Adnan Aamir Quetta: National Education Council (NEC) has condemned the private education regulation act of Balochistan as a draconian law. This statement was made by Chairman NEC Syed Khalid Shah, General Secretary Abdul Hanan and Deputy Chairman Khalid Mehmood while addressing a press conference in Quetta Press Club, on Sunday. Delegation of NEC is on a special visit of Quetta to ...

Tahir Zareef Balochistan is a much cherished terrain for Pakistan and foreign forces due to its natural resources such as coal, Chromites, gold, limestone, marble, natural gas and Gwadar deep sea-port. Balochistan faces various problems of worsening human rights violations, Talibanization, enforced disappearances, sectarian targeted killings, abductions for pay-off, miss management of natural resources and fatal health and education services. ...

Sami Parvez Uthal – Baloch Students Action Committee (BSAC) Uthal Zone has condemned the hike of fees in Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences (LUAWMS) Uthal. Students are upset as LUAWMS administration had raised the fees two times, learnt the Balochistan Point. An activist of BSAC Uthal zone, Sana Baloch told Balochistan Point that it’s a conspiracy against ...

KHUZDAR: Unidentified armed men shot dead two local leaders of National Party (NP) near Gresha area of Khuzdar district on Tuesday.  According to Levies sources, National Party leaders Attaullah Sajedi and Siddique Sumalani were on way to somewhere in a vehicle when unidentified  armed men  opened fire at them  and fled from the scene. As a result, they died on ...

Quetta – Glad tidings for persons with disabilities in Balochistan as the province gets its first ever facility at the Orthopaedic, Prosthetic and Physiotherapy Centre (OPPC) that will provide free of cost quality prosthesis.  The existing OPPC has been upgraded and equipped with modern technology by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), funded by the European Union under the Refugee Affected ...

By Aziz Ejaz Turbat :  The world’s  prominent Noble Laureate,Tawakkol  Abdel- Salam  Karman  has called  on the women  to play  their  protective wholehearted  role  for promotion  of peace , rule of law  and injustice, democracy and freedom of expression as well raising voice  against  corruption, crudity , injustice , ignorance and poverty.  She was addressing   the conference via video link ...

Quetta: Dr. Kaleemullah Kakar, Mayor of Quetta, on Saturday said, “Among the major issues of Quetta, traffic is the biggest problem and we simply do not have the budget to cope with the situation.” Addressing at a seminar conducted with the title of “A Road Safety” by Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Civil Society Balochistan and Online Quetta group of ...

Adnan Aamir China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is facing mounting criticism with each passing day. Not a day goes by when politicians from Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) do not criticize the federal government for using CPEC to benefit Punjab only. CPEC, which was supposed to be a game changer, has become controversial because of the way the ruling party PML-N ...

Mariyam Suleman Baloch Taking a stand in a remote community of fishermen is never undemanding where proper education system is merely a dream, the multinational language of English seems something unapproachable, the concept of co-education is unwelcomed and rational thoughts are socially restricted. Often in such situations few self-driven individuals dare to initiate journeys overflowing with challenges and turbulences to ...