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Quetta bleeds again

By: Sana Samad Once again Quetta became the victim of a terror attack. This time the target was Police Training College. 62 people were killed and around 140 wounded. Once the young cadets had completed their training, they were sent to their home towns but all of a sudden they called back. Now the question rises, why were they called ...

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National Geographic’s ‘Afghan Girl’ Faces Deportation from Pakistan

By: Gerry Simpson They say one never forgets a face. One face hundreds of millions of people will never forget is that of 12-year-old Sharbat Gula. Captured by National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry in a refugee camp in 1984, her piercing green eyes captivated the world and spotlighted the plight of millions of Afghan refugees in Pakistan who had fled ...

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Editorial: The bloodshed in Quetta

In the latest terrorist attack at Police Training College at least 61 security personnel were killed and more than 165 others were injured as heavily-armed militants wearing suicide vests stormed a police Training College. Home Minister of Balochistan Sarfraz Bugti informed media that three terrorists entered the Police Training College from the rare gate after martyring a watchman and held ...

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The Blood Shed of Innocents in Quetta

Once again the eyes turned wet, fathers once again lost their shoulders and hopes of mothers once again seem darkened, when the news spread like a wild fire that Quetta once again hit the nook of terror. The gun men entered the police training centre where the cadets without any imagination ofany incidence were gunned down for no reason. The ...

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Why is Pakistan’s Balochistan an easy target?

By: Shereena Qazi The Pakistani city of Quetta, in Balochistan province, is once again in the news for large-scale violence: this time a police training centre has been targeted by fighters who killed at least 60 people, most of them police cadets. The attack late on Monday underlined the precarious security situation in Balochistan, which has witnessed repeated attacks against ...

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Poverty in Balochistan

By: Munaj Baloch I am not wrong to mention that Balochistan being the rich in resources province of Pakistan still facing the life taking diseases or problems, because in Balochistan we are lacking the sense of humanity. According to the geological survey of Pakistan, out of 50 minerals extracted nationally, 40 are obtained from Balochistan. The province has more than ...

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Murad Ali Shah expresses deep grief over PTC incident with CM Balochistan

Quetta: Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah called on Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri here on Wednesday. Sindh Ministers Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani and Nisar Ahmed Khuhro were also accompanied by Chief Minister Sindh. Chief Minister Sindh expressed deep grief and sorrow with Chief Minister Balochistan over the tragic incident in Police Training College in which many ...

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59 killed, 116 injured as militants storm police training centre in Quetta

Quetta: At least 59 police recruits were martyred and 116 people, including recruits and FC personnel, were injured after terrorists stormed the Police Training College located on Sariab road here late Monday night. Talking to the media, Balochistan Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti said the operation has been completed by security forces that fought valiantly against the terrorists. “700 police recruits ...

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Gwadar Youth Forum Conducted the First Ever “Educational Jirga”

By: Mariyam Suleman Gwadar: Gwadar Youth Forum (GYF) conducted the first ever “Educational Jirga” in the history of the coastal city this Saturday in Syed Zahoor Shah Hashmi Auditorium. A large number of youth, specially high school and college students and teachers attended the event where as the Chief guests were the Chairman of Gwadar Port Authority Dostain Khan Jamaldini, ...

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CM Balochistan kicks off anti-polio drive

Quetta: Chief Minister Balochistan, Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri on Monday kicked off polio drive by administrating polio vaccine to children at Chief Minister’s Secretariat and vowed the target of Polio-free- Balochistan would be achieved. Chief Minister said that government is taking war-footing steps for elimination of fatal polio disease, adding that parents, religious scholars, political and tribal elders would have ...

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