By Safiullah Shahwani Whereas the Provincial Health Minister Rehmat Saleh Baloch talks of a health policy for the province in his speeches at five star hotels with bottled water and air conditioned culture, the facilities of health still remain a dream for common citizens in Balochistan. During a recent visit of mine to the Civil Hospital Quetta, I witnessed pathetic ...

QUETTA: At least four political activists of Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) were killed in a firing incident at Mehmonabad area of the city on Friday. According to police, armed men opened fire at the people as they were leaving mosque in Mehmoodabad locality of Quetta after offering Friday prayers.  The perpetrators on a motorcycle fled after opening fire. Four injured succumbed to their ...

QUETTA: At least three persons including a woman were dead whilst three injured in a road accident near Ibrahim Baran area of district Bolan on Thursday morning.  According to the area police a container was collided with a car near Ibrahim Baran, as result of the accident three persons including a woman were dead on the spot   and three more ...

Kech: A bullet –riddled body was found dumped at a deserted  area in Kech district of Balochistan on Thursday. According to the Balochistan Levies, they found the   body in Dasht area and shifted to hospital, where body was found as Shero Dilbar, resident of Gawadar. Doctors said that the body was shot in the head and chest. the dead body ...

Quetta: A trader from  Hindu community was kidnapped from Hazar Ganji area of Quetta on Thursday. According to the police Mukesh Kumar  closed   his shop  and was  returning  home  in Kanak area  of Mastung, nearby  district of Quetta, when armed  men  intercepted him and drove away  to unknown location. Police have started a search in the area. Staff Reporter Published ...

QUETTA: Three men were shot injured in town committee area of Mastung district on Thursday.  According to the police, unidentified armed men shot injured three persons and fled from the scene. Police rushed to the site and shifted the injured to district hospital. “The injured who were identified as Ali Gul shabaz Khan and Lowng Khan are under treatment” Said ...

QUETTA: Balochistan faces 1110 Mega Watts shortfall as its demand   has touched a  mark  of  1600 MW while  available  supply is 950 MW. Sources said that 5 to 6  hours   daily load shedding  is made in Quetta city. However, due to system overloading sometimes there is  tripping and low  voltage. According to the sources daily 10 hours  supply is made ...

By Shireen Gul QUETTA: Balochistan Government had unveiled Rs 215 billion deficit budget with minimum available details about the Provincial Budget, as the budget documents were denied to the Media considering it secret from the people and media for the second consecutive fiscal year. The media is reporting the Provincial Budget from the speech of the Adviser to the Chief ...

By Mir  Behram Baloch According to Akbar Hussain Durrani, the Home Secretary Balochistan, a report by the judicial commission probing mass grave incidents in Balochistan’s Khuzdar districts has been submitted. The head of commission Justice Noor Muhammad Muskanzai submitted the report, containing statements from 57 individuals. This commission was formed soon after when in late January 2014, a shepherd had spotted a ...

By Sherry Ricchiardi The tall, lanky reporter brushed away tears as he described the mangled bodies and anguished cries for help.  Shell-shocked survivors wandered aimlessly in the rubble left in the wake of a suicide bombing. Minutes after medics, police and the media rushed to the scene, a second explosion shook the neighborhood.  The reporter watched in stunned silence as ...