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Zahid Baloch, the Chairman of BSO-Azad abducted

Karachi: Zahid Kurd Baloch aka Baloch Khan, the chairman of Baloch student organization – Azad has been abducted from Quetta on 18th of March 2014. BSO-Azad’s senior vice chairperson while addressing a press conference has said, Pakistani secret agencies and security forces abducted organization’s Chairman, Zahid Baloch aka Baloch Khan from Quetta on March 18, 2014 at 5pm. Vice Chairperson ...

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Don’t ignore Balochistan, Brahamdagh Bugti urges intl. human rights groups

Geneva: Exiled Baloch leader and President of Baloch Republican Party (BRP) Brahamdagh Bugti has urged international human rights groups not to ignore the worsening situation in Balochistan, the Pakistan‘s largest province. He said incidents of enforced disappearances; torture and killings in Balochistan are on the rise, as security forces have adopted a “pick, kill and dump” policy against educated youth and ...

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Sassiand Punnu: The legendary story of real lovers

By Jameeljansheer Stories of loving couples like Romeo and Juliet, Shireen and Farhad, Laila and Majnun and many others without doubt are always effervescently remembered and the purity of their love with perpetual sensations of their hearts has gained a legendary prestige in our lives. In addition to that, in the world human beings have always enjoyed all the mesmerizing ...

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Attack on Hamid Mir: A Threat to Press freedom

By Mariyam Mohammed Suleman  Once I had an opportunity to visit “Newseum” the Museum of news in Washington DC. There were numerous things to explore, to know and to learn as a student but among all the other interesting objects there, one thing caught my attention “The World Press Freedom Wall”. I was mystified and confused with those colors which ...

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CPJ condemns attack on TV news anchor Hamid Mir

New York, April 19, 2014­–The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the continuing violence directed at journalists in Pakistan. Geo News senior anchor Hamid Mir today was shot three times soon after he and his driver left Karachi’s main airport, according to media reports. The driver was not wounded. “The attack on Hamid Mir is an indicator that the government ...

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Sundlee ’16: The forgotten people of Balochistan

By Robyn Sundlee Three months ago, a mass grave was discovered in Pakistan. More than 100 bodies were found in three different pits, decomposed beyond recognition. These casualties were not products of the war on terror or religious strife, as many might be quick to assume. Rather, they were victims of pure persecution. This is just the latest in a gruesome ...

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Murderers of two girls in Kalat wander freely: Victims’ parents

Kalat: The murderers and culprits involved in rape and killing two teenaged girls in Kalat district of Balochistan have not been arrested even after four months of the incident, Said Victim’s parents Talking to the Balochistan Point the parents Allah Bux Bangulzai and M.Yakoob Dehwar, appealed Chief Justice Balochistan High Court Mr. Justice Fahiz Essa to take Sue Moto notice ...

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Editorial: So-called serious efforts of Government to resolve Balochistan issues

  President Mamnoon Hussain on Tuesday at his arrival in Quetta said that the federal government was putting serious efforts to resolve Balochistan issues on priority. He also said that   positive changes could be   witnessed in Balochistan. He added that all the problems faced by Balochistan would be resolved and the situation would improve soon. The president, along with Federal ...

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Letter: Education system in Balochistan

Education is the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty. Undoubtedly, all the provinces of Pakistan are lack   quality education but Balochistan is the most deprived one.  According to Pakistan Economic Survey of 2012-2013, the education ratio of Balochistan is 46 percent, in this 65 percent of them are male and 23 percent of them are female which shows the ...

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Letter: Turbat Civil Hospital in dire need of Social Welfare Department

No one can deny the fact that most of the people in Balochistan are living under the poverty line. When they became disease affected, they die due to poverty in rural areas of the of the resource rich province. Once I have visited the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital Islamabad, which has Social Welfare Department and it is ...

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