Adnan Aamir Quetta: Civil Society Working Group (CSWG) Balochistan for Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) plus status has urged government of Balochistan to establish human rights bodies and bring legislative reforms to comply with GSP+ conditions. Civil Society Working Group (CSWG) Balochistan made this demand while addressing a press conference in Quetta Press Club, on Monday. This workgroup represents civil ...

Raza Baloch Hindu community has always remained an integral part of Pakistan. After the partition of subcontinent majority of Hindu population migrated to India, while those who remained in Pakistan adjusted with Muslim population peacefully. Hindu community as like others is patriotic Pakistani. Among them, many big names from this community served Pakistan in distinguished positions. For instance, Justice Rana ...

Quetta: The Civil Society Working Group (CSWG) Balochistan welcomes EU’s awarded GSP + Status to Pakistan for sustainable development and good governance. In this connection, governments’ efforts for the improvement of country’s economy and human rights reforms are appreciated. These comments were made by the leadership of Civil Society Working Group – Balochistan in a joint press conference at Quetta ...

Najeeb Kakar The coldblooded massacre of 26 Pashtun students including the faculty members and security guards left yet another murky day in the troubled province. The attack on Bacha Khan University is not less than that of the preceding assault on Army Public School Peshawar in December 2014. However, the bloodshed has once again left thousands of hearts with unfathomable ...

Rehaan Dashti It is said that U.N is the biggest champion of labor rights in the world and working in order to ameliorate the living conditions of labor force by announcing universal charter which is appreciated by every quarter. It is disappointing that despite various conferences and protocols there have been no practical and concrete steps taken by the champions ...

Kalat: The performance of HPO Technical and Educational Centre (HPO-Tec) is commendable and initiatives taken by HPO collaborated with NAVTTC for skills development possibly will help in poverty alleviation. These comments were made by district heads of different government departments at tool kit and sewing machines distribution ceremony on Friday, 22 January 2016.  A tool kit distribution ceremony was organized for the ...

Adnan Aamir Karachi: Help of civil society was sought to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Balochistan and Sindh, in a meeting held in Karachi on Thursday. A dialogue was held in hotel of Karachi with stakeholders of Sindh and Balochistan on SDGs under the auspices of Rahnuma FPAP. SDGs are the United Nations development agenda from 2015 to 2030 which ...

Habibullah Khan Nasar The origin of the ‘social contract’ can be traced back to the point of time in human life when people had successfully evolved the concept of ‘living together’. The basic manifestation of their evolved tradition of ‘living together’ was first institutionalized into the configuration of ‘family’. The constitutional provisions of the first social contract included security of ...

Yahya Sahil Reki Quetta: Three days training workshop was held in Quetta on the theme of “Training on Literature for youth Cultural groups in which male and female poets and authors participated. 3 days training which continued from Tuesday to Thursday was arranged by College of Youth activism and Development (CYAAD) Professor Khalil Bawar, Professor Barkat Shah Kakar and Mr. Jan ...

Jaffarabad: After 7 months of passing of fiscal year 2015-16, 90% of education development budget of Jaffarabad district has not been released yet. This was revealed in a budget tracking convention held under the auspices of Alif Ailan and SHADE to discuss the spending of district education budget and highlighting the hurdles in the release of funds, on Thursday. A ...