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Return of Khan of Kalat: What Politicians Say

Adnan Aamir One of the ruling parties of Balochistan, National Party (NP), is making attempts to perused Khan of Kalat, Mir Suleman Dawood Khan, to return to Balochistan. Two delegations of NP have met Khan of Kalat and Senior Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri is presently in London to meet with Khan of Kalat. In this context, Balochistan Point talked with ...

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Gwadar: Increase in Road Accidents and Casualties

Mariyam Suleman Baloch Between a circle of crowd, numerous people stood staring at the victim who had closed his eyes and was fallen on the road with blood on his torn shirt and around him. It was too late when a kind soul took him to the hospital. He died, leaving behind a story that was indeed repeated for a ...

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‘Rising Balochistan’ Seminar Held in Quetta

Adnan Aamir Quetta – Rising Balochistan seminar was held in Serena Hotel Quetta, on Thursday. Seminar was organized by the Balochistan chapter of Alumni Association of National Security Workshop (AAN) with the support of Balochistan government. Governor of Balochistan, Muhammad Khan Achakzai was the chief guest of the seminar and delivered the opening address about how Balochistan is developing and ...

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Kech Bar Association Announces Full-court Boycott

Sami Parvez Turbat – Kech Bar Association (KBA) has announced a full-court boycott in the district to protest the non-availability of District Public Prosecutor. Position of District Public Prosecutors in Kech is lying vacant for a long time and it has resulted in paralyzing the legal system. Many cases are pending in session court of Kech only due to non-availability ...

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Problems of Balochistan: A Way Forward – Part 2

Ayaz Ahmed This is Part-2 of three articles series on this topic. Click here to read Part-1 of this series Most schools are in dilapidated condition and bereft of required facilities i.e., scientific equipments, adequate class rooms, clean drinking water, play grounds and toilets. Moreover, a large number of teachers lack requisite qualifications and relevant training. To exacerbate this, many ...

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Balochistan: The Curse of Natural Resources

Naila Tasneem What comes to our minds when we think of Balochistan; killings, kidnappings, torture, missing persons, separatist movement, proxy wars involving sectarian roots, backwardness etc. But is that all there is to it or are we missing out on something more important. The largest province of Pakistan in terms of its physical size, constituting approximately 44% of the total ...

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NADRA: Disrupting Demographics in Balochistan by Issuing Fake ID Cards

Adnan Aamir National Databases and Registration Authority (NADRA) is the premier body of Pakistan for issuing nationality related credentials to citizens. Established in early 2000s, NADRA has earned praise for developing a huge database with a reasonable degree of security. Under-developed countries like Sri Lanka have also used the services of NADRA to develop their own nationality database. However, lately ...

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Students Allege Irregularities In MPA Funds Of Dr. Malik Baloch

Sami Parvez Turbat – Students of Turbat have alleged that massive irregularities are taking place in scholarship funds distribution of Chief Minister, Dr. Malik Baloch. Dr. Malik Baloch is Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) from PB-48, Kech-I. Every MPA of Balochistan assembly is provided with Scholarship funds of Rs. 10 million which the member is supposed to distribute among the ...

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Letter: NTS Teacher Recruitment Process is Unfair in Turbat

National Testing Service (NTS) recruitment tests for teacher jobs are unfair in Turbat. Majority of the people have been selected due to unfair recommendations of the local politicians. Talented candidates have been rejected and the dull candidates have been selected. It’s completely injustice with poor people. Their talent is being wasted. It’s an enormous lost for upcoming generations. If these ...

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Letter: Alandoor Village Needs Schools

Alandoor is a village of Zamuran sub-tehsil of District Kech. There is only one government school in Alandoor village which doesn’t get any attention from government authorities. Majority of children are deprived of getting education due to lack of basic facilities such as teachers, chairs, desks, water coolers and many more. There are only 2-3 teachers in the only school ...

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