Once again, judicial activism in Pakistan is on historic rise. Nearly more than a dozen of suo moto notices have been taken by honorable chief justice of Pakistan within one and half month that is undoubtedly unprecedented in the history of Supreme Court. This judicial spree has sparked a new debate among legal luminaries and other intellectuals that whether judicial ...

Educational revolutionary step- Bachelor Studies (BS) programs- has been introduced by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) in academic institutes across the Pakistan. So far it has been implemented in most of the colleges and universities.  BS program is an undergraduate academic degree program with duration of  four years and it is a semester system. It is very advantageous for the ...

 ISLAMABAD: The World Economic Forum in partnership with Mishal Pakistan will conduct the Executive Opinion Survey 2018 in Pakistan beginning in February 2018.  The Executive Opinion Survey, “The Voice of the Business Community” is a major component of The Global Competitiveness Report and provides the key ingredient that turns the Report into a representative annual measure of a nation’s economic environment and ...

Agriculture holds great significance for Pakistan. Pakistan has great potential of agriculture as the agriculture sector is very important at national and international level.   Agricultural is the backbone of Pakistan’s economy and is contributing 25% to Gross Domestic Product.  Agriculture sector plays a vital role in the economic development of a country. It is confirmed and supported by the fact ...

QUETTA: Veteran Baloch journalist and author Siddque Baloch possessed away after protracted illness Monday night in a private hospital in Karachi, his family sources told. Sources told that he would be laid to rest in Karachi.  He was suffering from cancer for many years.  He was 77. Baloch was English-language journalist, and an authority on Balochistan’s social, political and economic ...

ISLAMABAD: China and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pakistan have signed a $4 million agreement to provide assistance over four months in those areas of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Balochistan that have been affected by natural and human-made crises.   The “China South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund for the Recovery Project in FATA and Balochistan” will help 8,100 ...

By: Iltaf Baloch QUETTA: Official activities at Public Health Engineering (PHE) office of South Region have been lingered as the retired Chief Engineer does not leave office. According to the media reports the  retired Chief Engineer does not allow newly appointed  associates to assume responsibility. Given the media reports the Services and General Administration Department (S& GJD)  had issued retirement ...

In terms of natural resources, Balochistan is the wealthiest province of Pakistan, with a rich culture and history. However, despite being one of those languages which are being worked on, at the national and provincial level, Balochi language is still being neglected. At one end, this fact cannot be ignored that a language plays a vital role in a society ...

Dera Bugti is one of the rich districts of Balochistan, particularly known owing to its natural gas, discovered in 1952, but when it comes to education and other facilities so it is sad to say that the system education is totally damaged over the last decade in the district. A private single school is currently serving in the area but ...

LAYYAH: The Chief Minster’s Special Monitoring Unit (SMU), Government of Punjab in collaboration with a youth development organization Bargad and Oxfam launched Pakistan’s first rural Innovation Hub Pakistan for youth economic development in district Layyah. Speaking at the launching ceremony of the Innovation Hub, Provincial Youth Minister Jahangir Khanzada said the Hub will create economic opportunities for rural youth and ...