Naseeb Ullah Kakar The burden and responsibility of our present plight lies on the shoulders of our past policy makers. We the common people have always been the victims of all terrorist activities. The jihadists of 80’s and 90’s are today’s terrorists. After cold war, those Jihadists who were involved in mass murder of thousands of afghan people, returned to ...

Quetta – A lady councilor of Balochistan National Party (BNP) was killed in Gwadar district when police fired to disperse the protesters, reported Express Tribune. According to Express Tribune report, People were protesting outside the house of a policeman in Juna Line area of Ormara Tehsil. The reason of the protest is shrouded in mystery and it’s not known with ...

Quetta – Sardar Akhtar Mengal, chief of Balochistan National Party (BNP), has rejected the notion that 18th amendment has provided the required autonomy to Balochistan. He said that 18th amendment has only increased charity for Balochistan not autonomy. Akhtar Mengal said this while giving a detailed interview to Dawn News on Thursday. “Inspector General Police and Chief Secretary are appointed ...

Abdul Baseer Zarkoon Recruitment process in Government Departments of Balochistan has always been criticized by the job seekers and they have alleged that jobs are sold to the highest bidder. Over the years, different governmental department tests were challenged in the court of law by the contesting candidates for being impartial and favoring certain contenders. In these circumstances, the governmental ...

Quetta – Chief Minister’s Policy Reforms Unit (CMPRU) is an autonomous organization established in 2013 to provide research based policy support to Balochistan government. Discovery of errors in its recent publications and structural flaws prove that CMPRU itself needs reforms. On 8th December 2014, CMPRU launched a set of publications that it has produced after extensive research work. One particular ...

Bari Baloch Balochistan covers 43 per cent land mass of Pakistan and its enormously rich in mineral resources, having a long coastal belt. However, it has only 0.2 per cent forest cover of total forestry of the country. Consisting of arid plains, deserts and rugged mountains, Balochistan is unique in terms of forests as it has been bestowed with world’s ...

QUETTA – Unemployed graduates in Balochistan are waiting for internships two years after submission of applications. Federal government had announced an internship program for youth of Balochistan in 2013. Government of Balochistan accepted applications for internship of graduates of all the districts. Thousands of unemployed graduates submitted applications of internships in their respective Deputy Commissioner Offices. Almost two years have ...

QUETTA – Chief Minister (CM) of Balochistan, Dr. Malik Baloch, is involved in horse trading of councilors during ongoing Local government elections, alleged All Parties Democratic Alliance (APDA) on Monday. APDA is an alliance of seven political parties of Balochistan excluding National Party (NP) and Pashtunkhaw Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) for local government elections in Quetta. Leaders of APDA held ...

Adnan Aamir QUETTA – 1.8 million children in Balochistan are out of schools disclosed, Sardar Raza Barech, Advisor to Chief Minister (CM) of Balochistan on education, on Monday. Mr. Barech made the revelation while speaking at a program titled “Education Governance” that was organized by Mishal Pakistan in Quetta Press Club. Advisor to CM shared interesting facts about education in ...

Nadir Jailani QUETTA: QUETTA: Muhammad Haleem, 46, a farmer by profession, in Noshki district does not seem happy with farming anymore as he did not achieve what he was expecting to get from farming. “Though we irrigate our lands through tube-wells but drought hitting Balochistan for the last couple of years, dry spells and lack of rain have left negative ...