Quetta – Federal bureaucracy is responsible for the backwardness of Balochistan, alleged Senator Kabir Ahmad Mohammad Shahi of National Party, on Thursday. Addressing the upper house of Pakistani Parliament, Mr. Kabir said that Federal bureaucracy deliberately sabotages the development projects in Balochistan. “File for Zard Ghulam Jan electric grid station is pending in Islamabad for over a year. Despite our ...

Quetta – Literacy rate in Balochistan has declined by 3% despite the imposition of educational emergency by Balochistan Government, revealed a survey on Wednesday. According to Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey (PSLM) conducted by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), literacy rate in Balochistan has dropped by 3% in the year 2013-14. Current literacy rate in the province stands ...

Adnan Aamir Quetta is the only metropolitan city of Balochistan. People from all around the province visit Quetta for almost everything that is not available in small towns. Passenger buses and mini-wagons are the main source of transportation for people travelling to Quetta. For the last 20 days, transporters in Quetta have been on strike due to a bus stand ...

Quetta – Balochistan High Court (BHC) has taken notice of shifting posts of Additional Attorney General (AAG) from Balochistan to Punjab, on Wednesday. BHC has sent notice to federal secretary for Law and Justice for violating the recruitment laws. A post of AAG and secretary were approved for Balochistan but transferred to Punjab where recruitment has also taken place. BHC ...

Shoaib Durrazai Turbat – Institute for Development and Human Rights (IDHR) district Kech has demanded from Chief Minister (CM) Balochistan to establish youth development authority in the district. IDRH representatives stated that half population of Turbat consists of youth and there is no organization for the welfare of Youth. “Youth Development Authority will help the youth in computer technology training, ...

Adnan Aamir Sajid Baloch works as a construction worker in Dubai and visits his family in Balochistan, once in six months. He used to fly directly from Quetta, his hometown, to Dubai through Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flights. Life was easy for him back then but not anymore. When he visited his home in April this year, He had to ...

Quetta – Recruitment test for vacancies in education department in Killa Saifullah District was marred with massive irregularities, on Sunday. Balochistan government had announced to hold recruitment test for 4,359 vacancies in education department through National Testing Service (NTS), in order to ensure transparency. NTS test for Killa Saifullah took place on Sunday where massive irregularities during the test were ...

Quetta – Federal government is taking decisions that are depriving Balochistan of its legitimate rights, learnt The Balochistan Point. Federal government had stopped release of funds of Rs. 15 billion that were approved during visit of Prime Minister to Quetta last month. This issue was raised by Provincial Minister Sardar Aslam Bizenjo in Balochistan Assembly on Monday. “I have been ...

Abid Shaizad Once I was travelling to Punjab, my fellow passenger was talking about the performance of the Punjabi leaders. When we passed through a city, he said a General from this city has made hospitals, colleges and currently doing many social works in his city. When another city we reached again he said that a justice of Lahore High ...

Hanif Dilmurad Karachi – Two books based on the life of Baloch poet and historian, Gul Khan Naseer, were launched in Karachi, on Saturday. Book launching ceremony was organized by Balochi Labzaanki Deewan Quetta. Mir Gul Khan Naseer: Zindagi aur Funn, and Maa Paa Watan Dewanag Enn have been compiled by Yar Jan Badini and Tahir Hakeem, published by Zind ...