Adnan Aamir Quetta – An awareness session was conducted in Quetta about fellowship and scholarship opportunities in USA for people of Balochistan, on Sunday. Staff from U.S. Consulate General Karachi, under the auspices of Pak-US Alumni Network (PUAN) – Quetta Chapter, conducted the awareness session. Sarah Alam, Cultural Affairs Specialist U.S. Consulate General Karachi, delivered the main speech in the ...

Adnan Aamir Quetta – Organizers of Civil Society of Balochistan have demanded that better facilities should be provided to the disabled people in Balochistan. 3rd December is observed as International day of persons with disability and Civil Society Balochistan vows to make it a starting point to lobby for rights of disabled people in Balochistan. According to Data provided by ...

Yahya Sahil Reki Quetta – A patient suffering from non-stopping bleeding from his mouth suffered due to absence of concerned doctor in Bolan Medical Complex (BMC) Hospital, on Wednesday. Reportedly, the doctor was attending patents in his private clinic during the time when the patient was brought to BMC. Female nurse told the father of the patient that the doctor ...

Ali Raza Rind Chagai – A ceremony was organized by Sangat Society to celebrate International Children day at a school in Dalbandin, on Saturday. Deputy District Officer Education Haji Ghulam Dastagir Sumalani, Secretary General Sangat Society Ibrahim Reki, social workers Waqar Reki, Iqbal Reki, Ghulam Nabi and Faizullah Abid spoke on the occasion. Speakers said that the children are our ...

Adnan Aamir Quetta – Secretary Education Government of Balochistan, Abdul Saboor Kakar, has said that private education regulatory bill will be redrafted to remove controversial elements from it. In October this year, Private Educational Institution Registration and Regulation Authority Act, 2015 was passed by Balochistan Assembly. Reportedly, bill was passed without any review in standing committees and discussion in Balochistan ...

Key aim of any educational fund is to provide financial Assistance to needy and deserving students, so that their higher education is not stopped or affected because of financial problems. After delay of two years, Balochistan Government established Balochistan Education Endowment Fund (BEEF) earlier this year. Over 6 months have passed and still BEEF is not yet functional. Educational institutions ...

Adnan Aamir Quetta – Support of Media and Civil Society was urged in Achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in an advocacy meeting, on Wednesday. An Advocacy meeting with representatives of Media and Civil Society on FP-2020 and orientation on SDGs was held by Rahnuma – FPAP Balochistan in a local hotel of Quetta. Samina Khan, Member of Provincial Assembly ...

Shoaib Durrazai Turbat – President of PML-N Youth Wing Turbat chapter, Dad Jan Karim, has criticized National Party (NP) government and said that Youth of Makran is totally frustrated due to current government. “Current government has failed to solve youth issues like unemployment and education,” said Mr. Dad Jan Karim while talking to Balochistan Point. He further added that previous ...

Shahdad Baloch It is not the only time in this country when the young and talented students face problems attaining their due rights. A similar case can be witnessed in the Balochistan University of Engineering and Technology (BEUT) Khuzdar. Sayed Mohammad, child of a poor family, got distinction throughout his academic career including a position among top-twenty students of Balochistan ...

Naila Tasneem It is often observed in face of natural disasters that poor people particularly living in underdeveloped regions occupy high risk locations, such as flood plains, river banks, steep slopes etc. They also often lack the financial and material resources needed to safeguard their lives and livelihoods from disasters and the impact on social infrastructure and social networks is ...