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Balochistan unveils Rs325 bn Budget for Fiscal Year 2017-18

QUETTA: The Balochistan government on Thursday unveiled the budget for next fiscal year 2017-18 with a total outlay of Rs325.238 billion. Adviser to the Chief Minister on Financial Affairs, Sardar Aslam Bezanjo presenting the budget said that Rs86.011 bn have been allocated for developmental expenditure while Rs239.227 bn have been allocated for non-development expenditure. The adviser said that Rs276.371 bn ...

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Letter: Private schools in Turbat lack science laboratories        

It is undeniable to say that science laboratories are one of the important part of a school; especially, metric students. However, the private schools keep no laboratory which is causing trouble and difficulties to the students.             In some schools there may be a laboratory but the required items are not available so the students face ...

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Letter: Stop killing journalists

 A recent news report claimed that, Pakistan stand on the top where 57 journalists have been killed during the last year 2016 while 19 journalists in Syria, 10 in Afghanistan and nine in Mexico were killed during the tear. The death rate of journalists in Pakistan always increase and decrease but unfortunately the unkindness against journalists is not being over. ...

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How Wars and Disasters Fuel Child Labor

By: Susan Raqib Hazrat Hussain, 10, loads bricks onto a truck. Hazrat doesn’t go to school and works alongside his two teenage brothers at a brick kiln outside Kabul.   Rahimullah, a 15-year-old Afghan boy, told Human Rights Watch last year that he has worked as a brick maker for five years, working from 4:00 a.m. until nightfall. “My smaller siblings ...

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Letters: Lack of facility at schools in Turbat

Governmental schools in Turbat are having a lots of problems including shortage of safe drinking water, lack of electricity, doors, desks, blackboard and deficiency of books. Immensely students are forced to sit on floor.    Moreover, the teachers are not dutiful to perform their job.     I request the government to provide facilities in schools and allow the students to ...

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Letter: Women’s Champion Trophy should not be ignored

Women’s champion trophy is being ignored in media. Women’s champion trophy is much more interesting than Men’s Champion Trophy. It seems that media is not willing to highlight the women’s champion trophy. Similarly, if media is not interested to cover it in every channel at least it should be highlighted by some channels. In fact, we enjoy more watching women’s ...

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Women: A Snubbed Entity       

By: Munaj Gul Baloch The world would have lost its beauty if the women were not created by Almighty, because a woman is called the first social institution for a child, a family and a nation. But it is with no surprise that in every walk of life, women are being treated as if they are not part of this ...

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KHUZDAR: Commodities distributed among poor families

By: Ubaid zehri KHUZDAR: Prof. Brig (R) Engr. Muhammad Amin, SI (M), Vice Chancellor, Balochistan University of Engineering and Technology, Khuzdar distributed Ramadan & Eid Packages among 30 widows and poor families during a relief ceremony here at University campus on Wednesday. Fifteen Ration Packages were also supplied to Al- Fawad Foundation for poor families.  All items were purchased and ...

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Dearth of Facilities in Schools Leaves Education System Broken in Balochistan

By: Mir Behram Baloch “I can’t attend school,” says Mahwish, a seven grader at a school in a village near Kalat district. She admits that there has been a rise in number of students in her school in the past few years but many of her friends alike her have left school too. What is causing Mahwish and students like ...

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Islamic State has no existence in Balochistan: Sarfaraz Bugti

QUETTA : Balochistan Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti has on Tuesday revealed that the militant group  Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)  has no existence in Balochistan. He said this  While addressing a press conference along with Balochistan government’s spokesperson in the provincial capital. Sarfaraz Bugti also revealed at the occasion that an intelligence based operation was carried out in ...

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