Islamabad:  Pakistani schools (especially government schools) are producing unacceptably low levels of learning outcomes in maths and science. This represents a significant and deep-rooted challenge to Pakistan’s economic growth. This was revealed in Volume II of State of Maths and Science in schools on Monday.  The report launched by Pakistan Alliance for Math and Science relates: The average maths score ...

Quetta: victim family of journalist Ijaz Mengal still awaits justice after three years. Unidentified armed men killed Ijaz Mengal on 14th February 2014 on RCD road in Khuzdar. Mengal, worked as a stringer for the Daily Intekhab newspaper and for Daily Khabardar Khuzdar has been termed a graveyard of journalists where eight media persons have been killed in as many ...

Quetta: Australia will continue supporting Nutrition for Mothers and Children in Balochistan to minimize the malnutrition amount women and children. This was stated by the Australian High Commissioner, Margaret Adamson while attending a briefing here on Monday. Mr. Noor-ul-Haq Baloch secretary health government of Balochistan briefed Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Margaret Adamson. Dr. Masood QadirNosherwani Director General Health Services ...

By: Mariyam Suleman The Basic Health Unit at Gatti Dohr, Gwadar, Balochistan does not have a single doctor to serve 8,000 people across 4 nearby villages. The number of doctors is increasing every year in Balochistan but the doctor patient ratio is still off the WHO requirement of 10 doctors for every 10,000 citizens. The current spending is less than ...

It is not the unfortunate of America, but also all the world that they have gotten a racist man Trump who is going on the policy of hatred and prejudice. The first travel ban was overturned in court of Francisco which is being defended by Trump administration. On the other hand, Mr. Trump is going to issue another travel ban ...

Quetta: Five-day anti-polio drive started in three districts of Balochistan, Pashin, Qilla Abdullah including the Provincial metropolis, Quetta on Saturday. The Coordinator Emergency Operation Centre, Syed Faisal Ahmed said that during the drive, over seven hundred thousand children up to five year of age would be administered anti-polio vaccination and for this reason 3054 mobile teams have been constituted. He further ...

By: Saeed Yousuf Quetta: Secretary Health Noor Ul Haq Baloch has said that utilization of automation system is the contemporarily need of the time. He said this on Saturday while chairing an orientation meeting organised by Health management Information System (HMIS) Balochistan to Automize the manual working of data entries in Bolan Medical Complex Hospital, Civil Hospital and Shaikh Zayad ...

Pakistan is among the top five countries where 99 percent pneumonia cases exist. It is estimated that seven million cases of pneumonia occur in Pakistan, killing 92,000 children yearly before they reach their fifth birthdays. This infection is very lethal, because of which 85 out of 1,000 children die under the age of five. It is unfortunate that most of ...

Kech is recognized as one of the well-promoted districts of Balochistan where thousands of students are gaining education in the 52 high schools. However, it is extremely lamentable to pen down that majority of schools are facing serious shortage of suitable textbooks in the government schools of Kech which is creating difficulty in the learning process and students will suffer from ...

This is in reference to the letter “Betterment in many schools of Turbat” which was written by Saleh Muhammad published on January 25, 2017. I don’t see eye to eye with the author on the point of betterment of furniture, qualified teachers and boundary walls of governmental schools as I can give the example of my two own native town ...