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Students clash: The miseries of Baloch and Pashtun students in Punjab University

By: Shafiq Zaib Baloch   The Punjab University is one of the highly ranked universities as compared to the universities in other provinces but students from Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Sindh  are confronting sets of crisis in the institutes of Punjab province. The current incident of Punjab University more exacerbated the pains of Baloch and Pashtun pupils, and the awkward ...

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No Gas pressure by SSGC creates several sufferings for people in Kalat

By: Sayyed Farooq Shah  Natural Gas was discovered at Sui, Balochistan in 1952 but the gas pipeline to district Kalat was laid by the government of Gen Parvez Musharaf in 2006. Ironically, very soon people faced low gas pressure after only one year of its inception. By the time, Gas pressure decreased to a very low point. Unfortunately, as the ...

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Ship Breakers have to play their role for the welfare of labors and local people at Gaddani : Commissioner Kalat

GADDANI: Commissioner Kalat Division, Muhammad Hashim Ghalzai has said that Ship Breakers have to play their role for the welfare of labors and local people at Gaddani. He expressed these views while addressing a meeting with government officials and Ship Breakers at Gaddani here on Thursday. Commissioner Kalat said that it was prime responsibility of Ship-Breakers to ensure safety of ...

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IJT attack on students in Punjab University and the biased role of media and police

 By: Haseeb Ahmed     Every nook and cranny of Punjab University is mine because I am the student of Punjab University. I am Pakistani that’s why I am Sindhi, Baloch, Pakhtoon, Punjabi, Balti and Siraiki  but the question still remains ambiguous whether I am really a Pakistani. Since the recent incident in Punjab University Lahore reflects and suggests differently. I ...

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UNHCR PAKISTAN: No changes to Afghan refugee school textbooks in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The UN refugee agency said Monday that there have been no changes to the textbooks currently used in refugee schools in Pakistan. The education curriculum of Afghanistan is used in refugee schools in Pakistan. This helps prepare pupils for their reintegration into the schooling system in Afghanistan should they decide to return. Curricula from a refugee’s home-country are also ...

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Why democracy is weak in Pakistan?

By: Suhail Khan Mandokhel Democracy is not a universal fix. Political scientists have no any objection to this introductory statement. People in different countries can be found happier under authoritarians than they are under democrats. Most relevant example in explaining this paranormal fact is Rwanda, an African country, where economic structure beset with problems under democracy is now moving ahead ...

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Letter: Balgater with no school

Balgater is one of the neglected areas of Kech where the building for schools is present but  there are no teacher to teach students. The school building of has been made a store. Due to the regular absence of teachers students at Balgater have been deprived of education. The concerned authorities are requested to visit Balgater and solve the problems ...

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NAB Balochistan recovers Rs.15.32 million from corrupt elements of the province

QUETTA: Director General National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Balochistan Irfan Naeem Magsi Tuesday said that NAB Balochistan has recovered Rs.15.32 million from corrupt elements of the province and the NAB under NAO 1999 has a mandate to collect money from corrupt elements and submit it to the national exchequer. He stated this while addressing a programme organized to submit the amount ...

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Letter: Zainab’s case and justice   

Recently a seven year old Zainab was kidnapped, raped  and then murdered in the city of Kasur ,Panjab. According to her family members  Zainab  case  had been registered as missing but the police treated the case traditionally  till her body was found in a rubbish pile further the case went viral in media. However, it is not the first time ...

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Judging democracy in Pakistan: Conflict between the executive and judiciary

By:  Asal Khan Kakar The dismissal of chief justice in 2007 and other judges from the high court’s due to the emergency by president Musharraf turned these judges into the martyr of independence of judiciary. The restoration of judges in March 2009 after a long struggle which was supported by the lawyer’s movement, media and civil society turned them into ...

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