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Letter: Poor Balochistan 

Pakistan is blessed with four wealthy provinces especially Balochistan which is replete with natural resources. Unfortunately, 52 percent of its population lives below the poverty line, and gradually, it is increasing day by day. Over 50% children sleep in starvation which is the major cause of child labour and increased suicide ratio in the region. Poverty free Pakistan has been ...

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Balochistan: Polio eradication campaign will start on Monday in 30 districts

Quetta: The provincial Emergency Operation Center (EOC) of Balochistan coordinator, Syed Faisal Ahmed, has said that a three-day anti-polio campaign would kick off by 26th of September 2016, covering 30 districts of Balochistan and aiming at a target population of 2,475,389 children of fewer than five years of age.  Addressing the news conference on a press briefing held on Saturday at ...

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Young Doctors Association announces strike from Monday

Quetta: Young Doctors Association has announced on Saturday to call for a strike against Provincial Government delays on their demand from last five months. Addressing a news conference here in Quetta Press Club YDA’s President Dr. Hafeez  Mandokhail said, despite promise by Provincial Government to meet our demands are yet to be made. Dr. Hafeez Mandokhail said, “Prior we ended our strike ...

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Balochistan: Insufficient facilities in Health Sector

 By: Sana Samad It has been a long time that Balochistan government is not provided high funds for the hospitals of Balochistan. During the Mushraf government around 20 million were given to establish a laboratory in Quetta for the purpose to check the patients properly. They also focused on improving drug sector and reducing the widespread prevalence of communicable diseases. ...

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UNHCR: First Afg-Pak youth empowerment session in Quetta

Quetta: UNHCR with partners organised a one-day seminar on youth empowerment to enhance the capacity of Pakistani and Afghan youthsin Balochistan by engaging them in dialogues with the key stakeholders to identify challenges youths are facing and to seek solutions towards self-reliance. Over 100 participants from different districts of Balochistan attended the seminar, over 30 were women. The event was ...

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Media advertisement budget greater than before in Balochistan

Quetta: Chief Minister Balochistan, Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri has increased budget by 40 percent which was allocated for issuing advertisements to newspapers and periodicals. According to the officials sources, “the Chief Minister has approved the summery dispatched by the Information Department, seeking increase in advertisement budget for newspapers and periodicals.” “A delegation of owners and editors of newspapers had held ...

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Letter: Lack of facilities in libraries of Turbat

Libraries play an extremely momentous role in students’ life. These libraries are great source of learning for the students of news generation; libraries prove to be the best guiders of a student after the teachers. Being greater in population, Turbat posses only and only two libraries which get closed at 3:00 pm and reopen next day at 9:00 am, and ...

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Letter: Violence against women

In Pakistan, women are considered the vulnerable groups with a status in society. The biggest factor behind their backwardness is lack of education whose literacy rate in overall country is 40 %. According to a report, 80539 women have been victimized including their rape murders, suicidal, acid attack and killing in the name of honor, among them 13 %were 15 ...

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Gwadar: PUAN Conducts Tech Camp to Empower Girls in Balochistan

By: Mariyam Suleman Gwadar: The Pakistan US Alumni Network Chapter Gwadar (PUAN-Gwadar) conducted a youth tech camp in the newly formed Government Girls Degree College Gwadar to Empower Girls through Technology this Wednesday. The main idea behind the day-long extensive workshop was not only to introduce the positive use of technology but to provide an opportunity for the girls to ...

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Legislation will be made against illegal hunting of endangered species: C M Balochistan

Quetta: Chief Minister Balochistan, Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri has announced to make legislation against illegal hunting of endangered species, rare birds, animals and chopping off of trees. While directing Forest and Wildlife, and Livestock Affairs Departments for acquisition of a suitable place for establishing a zoo in Quetta, he said that government would provide the required funds for the construction ...

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