By Rahimullah Yusufzai As someone who was uncompromising in his views and steadfast in his outlook, Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri would not have liked a state-owned plane sent by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to fly his body from Karachi to Quetta for burial. Also, he may not have wanted to be buried in New Kahan, the settlement for the displaced ...

The Chief Minister of Balochistan time and again expresses his determination to promote education in Balochistan. According to Chief Minister of Balochistan his Government has imposed educational emergency. He claims that the educational budget has been raised from 4 per cent to 25 per cent. We also hear about the efforts to provide all the modern facilities to the younger ...

QUETTA: A 16 inch diameter pipeline was blown up in troubled Dera Bugti district of Balochistan while a man was killed in provincial capital, on Saturday. According to the details, unknown persons had planted explosive material underneath a gas pipeline, leading to well number 21, in Pir Koh area of Dera Bugti. As a result, the pipeline was damaged and gas ...

QUETTA: Armed men killed a woman in Tehsil Dhadar of the Kachi district on Friday. According to the reports, unknown men attacked a woman with axes in Dhadar and fled the scene after killing her brutally. Police reached the crime scene on being informed and took the body into its custody. The body was later handed over to the legal ...

QUETTA: Unidentified persons blew up a government health dispensary in Kohlu Mawand area of Balochistan, on Friday. According to the reports reaching here, unknown armed men blew up a dispensary in Killi Ahmed Nawaz of Kohlu Mawand with explosives. The roof of the dispensary collapsed completely as a result however no casualties were reported in it. Local administration cordoned off the ...

KALAT: Unknown armed men opened gunfire and killed two persons in Kalat city on Friday. They were identified as Raheem Bakhsh and his son Sanaullah.  The assailants escaped the scene after the attacks. The bodies were shifted to the Civil Hospital Kalat and were later handed over the heirs after completion of medico-legal formalities.  The cause of the killing could not ...

QUETTA:  local administration in Pishin recovered two dead bodies in Pishin on Friday. According to the reports, local administration in Pishin recovered two dead bodies from Yaro area of district Pishin. The local administration shifted the bodies to the Sandeman Hospital Quetta which were kept for identification in mortuary of the hospital. By Staff Reporter Published in The Balochistan Point ...

QUETTA: Unknown armed attacked security check-post in Tehsil Duki of Balcohistan, leaving as many as 5 FC personnel dead and 1 injured, on mid  Wednesday-Thursday night. According to the details, unknown armed men attacked FC check-post with sophisticated weapons at Nawab Coal Mines in Tehsil Duki of Loralai district. As a result, 5 personnel of FC were killed and 1 sustained ...

By Noor Ahmed Jugri Baloch Balochistan remains a distinctive region in all respects. It covers the largest share of the territory. A land replete with rich natural resources and its elite cultural heritage and the civilization are worth mentioning. The land of Baloch possesses number of distinguished characteristics be it strategic or geological significance. However, it is worth mentioning to ...

By Adnan Aamir Political history of Pakistan has always been marred with crisis. The period of political stability has always been short lived. Incumbent government led by Nawaz Sharif has been dealing with one crisis after another and the political crisis seems to be unending. Presently, the Nawaz government faces threats from two fronts; Imran Khan and Tahir ul Qadri. ...