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Monthly Archives: January 2016

No Drinking Water in Gwadar Should Open the Eyes of Rulers: Sadiq Umrani

Quetta: No drinking water in Gwadar should open the eyes of rulers who are making claims that development of Gawader is economic and prosperity of Balochistan. This was stated by president Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Balochistan and former provincial minister Muhmmad Sadiq Umarni while speaking with journalists who met him under the leadership of  Ayub   Bhutto a former president of ...

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Social and Economic Infrastructure of Balochistan

Adil Nazeer Hassni The Social and Economic Infrastructures are basic essential services that should be put in place to enable development to occur. Socio-economic development can be facilitated and accelerated by the presence of social and economic infrastructure. The Social roads and systems of Balochistan have great externalities. The most important Social base structures in Balochistan are Education, being healthy, ...

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Editorial: A War against Noble Cause

Apart from number of reasons, assaults on Polio teams and their escorts has become the chief cause making Polio unbeatable in Pakistan. The religious militants have started a war against this noble cause and till today dozens of precious lives have been lost. Recently, once again Balochistan shocked when a suicide attack close to a polio vaccination center in capital ...

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Civil Society Demands a New Committee to Investigate HEC Resource Distribution

Adnan Aamir Quetta – Civil Society Balochistan has demanded from Balochistan government to constitute a new committee to investigate Higher Education Commission (HEC) resource distribution to Balochistan. This demand was made by Convener of Civil Society Balochistan, Sami Zarkoon in a press conference held at Quetta Press Club on Saturday. Mr. Zarkoon was flanked by Gul Khan Naseer of Education ...

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Defective Public Sector Development Paradigm in Balochistan

Habibullah Khan Nasar Does well-directed, thoroughly prioritized, transparent, and efficient development model constitute an important component of ‘lean and clean’ governance? There should be no denying of this perspective. Whereas, to everyone’s ill-fortune and discredit, the design and saga of development in Balochistan do not reflect what an ideal or at least workable model of development may desire. Like Siamese ...

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The Way Forward for Baloch Nationalists

Salam Buledi Another eye-catching entry was seen by Akhtar Mengal after his six points in Islamabad in the form of all party conference regarding China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). BNP Mengal is making its good place among Baloch masses and Balochistan based political parties, as well as other progressive political parties throughout country. The threat of being converted into minority, ...

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Ulema Condemn Killing of Security Forces Deployed on Security of Polio Workers

Adnan Aamir Quetta:Ulema of Provincial Polio Task Force have condemned the killing of security forces deployed on the security of the polio workers, terming such acts as conspiracies to maligning Islam and Pakistan. Addressing a press conference at Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) on Friday, the Ulema of Provincial Polio Task Force Dr. Atta ur Rehman, Moulana Anwar ul Haq Haqani, ...

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Civil Society Balochistan Demands Establishment of Trauma Centers at Highways

Adnan Aamir Quetta – Civil Society Balochistan has demanded that Balochistan government should establish trauma centers at all major highways to avoid loss of life in case of accidents, while addressing a press conference in Quetta Press Club on Thursday. Addressing the press conference, Civil Society Balochistan convener Sami Zarkoon and member Shah Jahan Baloch revealed that there is not ...

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Letter: Irregularities in Teacher Recruitments in Zhob

A letter titled “Irregularities in Teachers Appointments” asked the Provincial Secretary Education to explain the anomaly in the appointments of teachers. Unfortunately, the letter fell on deaf ears. The caustic remarks and apprehensions of the writer hold much water. There are two points that are disquieting; (i) Some almightiest want to appoint their dear-ones and therefore intentionally delaying the appointment ...

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Committee to Investigate HEC Resource Distribution for Balochistan

Adnan Aamir Quetta: A four member committee has been constituted to investigate resource distribution of Higher Education Commission (HEC) to Balochistan since 2007, learnt Balochistan Express though its sources. This decision was made in a meeting between HEC chairman and representatives from Balochistan, on Tuesday. Balochistan members raised the issue that Balochistan is getting much less than its due share in ...

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