By: Mannan Samad That “books give a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything” is unquestionably true. But it is said that reading culture is gradually declining in the digital era. With the rapid rise of technological innovations and gadgets, interest in buying books has dropped to an alarmingly low level. ...

By: Mannan Samad Libraries, the epitome of disseminating knowledge and enriching minds, are instrumental in educating the nation. However, Turbat’s sole public library has been shut down for a long period of time, triggering a sense of dismay and discontent among thousands of students. The closure of the Turbat public library is highly lamentable; it is, unequivocally, the closure of ...

By: Mannan Samad Harassment scandal, at University of Balochistan, has sparked an unprecedented confusion in social media in the past few days. Different Councils, Students Organizations and Civil Societies organised protest demonstrations against this heinous act and expressed their outrage and indignation against the herd of ‘educated harassers’ and demanded earlier resignation of the Vice Chancellor of University of university. ...

By: Sana Samad In Balochistan, women do not have rights of education, health care or any space in politicians, cultural, economic or social fields. Instead of that women are regularly facing discrimination, assault and murder in the name of honor killing. Due to this, Balochistan is the most backward province and is recorded top ranking in Pakistan in terms of ...

By: Sana Samad  Balochistan is considered one of the richest resources part in entire South Asia, and it is the backbone of Pakistan. Today Pakistan is completely depended on the resources of Balochistan, and through these resources country is developing and making itself very stronger. It is unfortunate that, though Balochistan is full of natural resources, still it is the ...

By: Sana Samad THE Pakistan Bureau of Statistics estimates that the unemployment rate in Balochistan is 4pc. The main reason for unemployment is lack of awareness, poverty and poor education system. According to a report, each year nearly 25,000 people graduate from Balochistan. Unfortunately, hardly around 2,000 of them can secure jobs. Government jobs are the only source of employment ...

 By: Abdul Hadi Cinema is the most popular and common source of entertainment. Years ago, more than seven cinemas were in Quetta to entertain the viewers of Pashto films. But now the number of Pashto cinemas have decreased to just two in the capital city of Balochistan. A manager of a local cinema says: “the standard the Pashto films have ...

By: Sana Samad   International Day of Girls Child is celebrated every year on October 11, to ensure a world free of discrimination for young women and girls. This year the fourth anniversary would be observed that each woman should receive their basic rights, and should not suffer from any problems. This year the world will focus on adolescent girls ...

By: Sana Samad Before two years on 6th September 2016 we could not save a student name Rehan Rind. Rehan Rind, a 21-year-old Baloch student and writer from Khuzdar passed away while battling with cancer at Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH). Rehan was suffering from blood cancer, and was under treatment around for a month. The doctors had demanded more ...

By: Sana Samad   It has been long time that Balochistan is suffering from food insecurity problem. The Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) provided a data which estimates that 30 out of 32 districts of the province are food insecure which has been alarming issue. Shockingly, only two districts including Quetta and Jaffarabad have food security in the entire province. Most ...