By Bahram Sayad, Turbat Though Balochistan is the richest province of Pakistan since it contains mineral resources in the shape of marble, coal, oil, gold copper, natural gas and a 750 km long coastal build but still the province is deprived of  supports from all types of social, economic and political crisis. The incidence of poverty is higher than anywhere ...

QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan, Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has said that up-coming budget would be prepared after thorough consultation and collaboration of coalition partners and political parties. “Law and order, education, health, agriculture, irrigation, livestock and fisheries would be given more priority in the budget 2014-15,” he expressed these views while chairing the cabinet meeting at Chief Minister’s Secretariat here on ...

By Jeeyand Kashif Sajidi The Indian election of 2014 has astounded many. It was not surprising that BJP defeated congress, experts long before elections predicted that this time it will be BJP sarkar and Narendra Modi who will be the next Prime Minister. The surprise was the clean sweep of BJP. It is the worst defeat congress ever had its ...

Interviewed by Zareef Gul Baloch With reference to the ‘Hunger Strike Till Death’ of Latif Johar, a BSO-A student, in front of the Karachi Press Club, who has been on hunger strike for the safe recovery of his leader for more than 27 days, has plaintively expressed his grievances with our correspondent over the enforced abduction of his Leader, Zahid ...

By Hassaan Fazal When I first heard that the private institutions in Panjgur are being compelled by an organization named “Tanzeem-ul-Islami Furqan” to abandon the education of girls. My mind reminded me of a Tibetian proverb which says that, “A child without education is like a bird without wings.”  When the recent mishaps witnessed in Panjgur are brought under the ...

By Marium Chaudhry  There is a famous — probably the most famous — quote in relation to journalism written on a wall in Carroll Hall, the home of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I would stare at it a few times while waiting for my class to begin but ...

By Zahir Barketullah A free media or press is one of the major mechanisms of democracy, still a number of democratic countries have not been successful in authorizing free press. Countless journalists have been the targets of serious threats where as a number of them have been assassinated in different countries. That is the reason, why those countries have been ...

 By Jeeyand Kashif Sajidi The fifth insurgency of Balochistan which started in 2006 in the ground of Dera Bugti has now spread in every nook and corner of the province. For eight long years, security forces have failed to crush Baloch militants. The question is why writ of government is declining and power of these insurgents is rising and more ...

By Zia Baloch A neonatal, child soon after birth, observes development in every aspect of his/her personality. Sometimes children experiences greater physical development than psychosocial development. In other cases, some infants have well developed brains but limited physical growth. In any case such, children are called abnormal. It is a depressing fact that our society behaves like an abnormal child. ...

By Zareef Gul Baloch On February 7, 2014, National Assembly of Pakistan approved a resolution of Pakistan Protection Ordinance with the glaring approval of The President Manmoon Hussain.  Pakistan Protection Ordinance aims to sum up all the peace-terminating elements, as the foes of the country. Furthermore, The PPO document also brings the protection of its masses’ lives into the consideration ...