Adnan Aamir Quetta : China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has been dubbed as game changer for the region. However, Sardar Akhtar Mengal who is President of Balochistan National Party (BNP) and Former Chief Minister (CM) of Balochistan says that there is nothing in CPEC for Baloch. Supporting his claim, BNP chief added that there is no drinking water for people of Gwadar ...

Abdul Baseer Khan China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), worth of $46 billion projects, was signed between Pakistan and China in April 2015. The CPEC consists of several projects of Roads, Highways, Expressways and Motorway, Freight Train service, Energy projects, Solar, Windmill and Hydropower, fiber optics and Infrastructure. Besides this, in this economic corridor, there are plans to establish Special Economic Zones ...

Interview by Yousaf Ajab Baloch Gul Khan Naseer is a Ph.D. scholar; doing is Ph.D. in Development Studies. He holds Masters degree in Social Work and Rural Development and has been working as a development professional and human rights activist for last 15 year in different parts of the country and posses a rich experience. He is the winner of ...

According to the geological survey of Pakistan, out of 50 minerals extracted nationally, 40 are obtained from Balochistan. The province has more than 200 million metric tons of coal deposits, one billion metric tons of copper, 2.5 million metric tons marble, 300 million ounces of gold and 1.5 billion tons of granite. It has the largest range-land for livestock grazing, ...

Quetta: Young Urdu poetess and fiction writer Amrit Murad died of Cancer today morning in Quetta. Shaida Jabeen, known as Amrit  Murad was recently hospitalized at Bolan Medical Complex Hospital (BMCH) at Oncology department. Amrit was wife of well-known Urdu and Brahui Poet Afzal Murad, Director Academy Adbiaat  Balochistan. She was enrolled as M.Phil scholar at Urdu department, University of ...

Mariyam Suleman At the height of all sorts of crisis in the Balochistan, youth drive change making positive use of internet. In 2009, Zia Khan a resident of Quetta, 29 back then mobilized youth through social media setting incomparable examples of community service not only for his underdeveloped home province but for the entire region. Driven by self-motivation, he first ...

Quetta:   Approximately 463 people from Balochistan forcefully disappeared while 157 mutilated bodies were found in 2015 from Balochistan, Chairperson of Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) Nasrullah Baloch along with the family members of missing persons alleged while presiding conference here in Quetta Press Club on Friday. They said that according to the relatives of missing persons, Human Rights Organizations ...

Adnan Aamir Quetta : Consultative workshop held in Quetta Press Club emphasized on formulation of effective disaster risk reduction plans for Balochistan, on Thursday. Consultative workshop was held by Civil Society Balochistan and Health and Nutrition Society (HnNuts) in collaboration with Action Aid and Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA). Zahid Mengal, executive director of Azat Foundation, discussed the disaster prone situation ...

Adnan Aamir Quetta : Candidates appearing in recruitment tests of Balochistan Public Service Commission (BPSC) have decried the new verification rules. Justice (R) Mehta Kailash Nath Kohli after being appointed as Chairman of BPSC changed the verification rules and made it mandatory for candidates to verify all their official and academic certificates from the issuing bodies. Previously, only those candidates were ...

Adnan Aamir Quetta : Education Network Balochistan (ENB) was launched through a press conference in Quetta Press Club, on Thursday. ENB is a coalition of different Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and technical experts who will work for betterment of education in Balochistan through advocacy and raising voice. ENB was represented in the press conference by Zahid Mengal of ...