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Yearly Archives: 2017

Letter: Smoking in college 

Being a student of Atta Shad Degree College Turbat would like to draw the attention of government of Balochistan. The students of Atta Shad College   smoke cigarette openly but college administration is not interested in taking any action against those who are smoking. Likewise, Gutkha and cigarettes common drugs are used by students in the college; however, the parents are ...

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 Balochistan Basic Education Programme Inaugurated

 QUETTA: The Balochistan Basic Education Programme (BBEP) was inaugurated by the Governor of Balochistan, Muhammad Khan Achakzai at a ceremony held in Quetta Wednesday. The Minister for Education, Abdul Rahim Ziaratwal, Ambassador of the European Union to Pakistan, Jean-Francois Cautain, UNICEF Representative in Pakistan, Ms. Angela Kearney and many senior officials, donors and development partners were present on the occasion. ...

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Chinese investors to set up industrial park in Gwadar

ISLAMABAD: Chinese investors would set up an industrial park and livestock farm in Pakistan under China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. This was stated by Director Tianjin Building Materials Industry Association Xu Jingling while addressing business community at Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI). She visited ICCI leading an 11-member delegation of Chinese entrepreneurs for exploring business partners for ...

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Letter: The miserable condition of Turbat Civil Hospital  

Peoples come from remote areas of Mekran for the treatment in civil hospital and become very depressed when they see the lingering condition of it. The doctors arrive at very late and leave early; as a result they do not give enough attention to their patients.  Furthermore, they sit in private hospitals and clinic to earn more. A huge amount ...

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Blog: Chikungunya

By: Mehraj Altaf Chikungunya is a viral disease which transmits from one human to another through the biting of the mosquitoes. Chikungunya is a well-known and a famous disease worldwide. It is spreading in more than 60 countries from various continents such as Asia, Africa and Americans. The signs of Chikungunya are headache, nausea, Fatigue and rash. After 3 or 4 ...

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Downtrodden Pupils  

By: Shafiq Zaib Baloch  “Mashal” (a hope and a ray of education) has martyred at the hand of a rabid mob. The ghastly murder dubbed religious violence, not merely affected Mashal but majority more have been killed and fired in few decades. There are Mashal in every nook and cranny in the country those are thirsty for education. We have ...

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Reference held in memory of Syed Zahoor Shah Hashumi and Jabbar Yar at UoB  

By: Aziz Ejaz  QUETTA: Speakers paid rich tributes to Syed Zahoor Shah Hashumi and Jabbar Yar, at Brahui Department in a reference in their memory organized by Baloch Student Action Committee and Brahui Department of the University of Balochistan. The reference seminar was held on the birth and death anniversary of Syed Zahoor Shah Hashumi and Jabbar Yar, the two ...

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KALAT: Alarming rise in dog-bite cases but no rabies vaccine available at DHQ-Hospital  

By: Staff Reporter KALAT: At least 8 people have been bitten by stray dogs in Kalat city in last 3 days; however, no rabies vaccine is available at District Head Quarter-Hospital. The injured include children and women belonging to different areas of Kalat. Sources told The Balochistan Point on Sunday. According to the sources over 8 people were bitten by ...

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Immature media in Pakistan

By: Naseeb Malik Importance of electronic media and print media are well known these days. The emergence of electronic media brought freedom o speech along with it. Initially, in the shape of radio in 1924 in UK at first, people became surprised about new innovation of BBC .Before it even people had no knowledge regarding the radio. Gradually it became ...

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CM Balochistan terms Supreme Court judgment on Panama case a historical decision

QUETTA: Terming Supreme Court judgment on Panama case a historical judgment, Chief Minister Balochistan, Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri has said that this judgment is the result of prayers of 200 million people. “Today’s victory is the victory of truth; the Apex Court has verified that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is truthful and honest,” he added. Chief Minister was addressing to ...

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