Adnan Aamir After the May 2013 general elections, Dr Abdul Malik Baloch was elected as chief minister of the insurgency-torn Balochistan. Dubbed as the first ‘middle class’ chief minister of Balochistan, Dr Malik had the huge responsibility to provide much-needed relief to people of Balochistan. On June 9 this year, Dr Malik Baloch completed two years as chief minister; the ...

Adnan Aamir Once again the federal government has taken an action that is tantamount to blatant discrimination against Balochistan. International Non-Governmental Organization (INGO), ‘Save the Children’, has been asked by the federal government to close all its operations in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Security concern is, as usual, the flimsy pretext used to deprive the two western provinces of Pakistan ...

Interview by Adnan Aamir Syed Fazl-e-Haider is a development analyst and a freelance columnist based in Pakistan. Areas of his expertise include Pakistan-China economic ties, Balochistan economy and Gwadar Port. He is the author of many books including “Economic Development of Balochistan”, which has been recommended at Ph.D and post-graduate level in two universities of Balochistan in the syllabi of ...

Sami Parvez Turbat – Residents of Turbat have demanded the timely construction of dams in district Kech. “Population of Turbat is increasing and with it is demand for water, said Ejaz Ahmed advocate. “This is resulting in reducing the water table and hence construction of new dams has become inevitable,” added Mr. Ahmed while talking to The Balochistan Point. At ...

Sami Parvez Turbat – Electricity supply to entire Atta Shad Degree College in Turbat has been suspended for last seven days, learnt The Balochistan Point. Atta Shad Degree College is the only degree college in Kech district where more than 3,000 students are enrolled. Staff colony situated adjacent to the college is also without electricity for last seven days. “Main ...

Quetta – Civil society of Balochistan has vowed to resist the closure of operations of Save the Children in Balochistan. Decision by Save The Children to close all its operations in Balochistan has been severely criticized by Civil society in Balochistan. “As a result of closing operations in Balochistan, hundreds of people would lose their jobs and billions of rupees ...

Hassan Baloch Quetta – Engineer Baleegh-ur-Rehman, Chief Executive of Quetta Electricity Supply company (QESCO), has promised to increase supply of electricity to Chagai district, on Monday. QESCO chief made this promise while meeting with Dawood Notezai, chairman district council Chagai. Dawood Notezai called on QESCO chief and apprised him about the problems people of Chagai are facing due to non-availability ...

Hassan Baloch Nok Kundi – Women and children in Nok Kundi town of district Chagai protested against shortage of drinking water, on Sunday. Nok Kundi is a border town situated adjacent to Afghanistan border in district Chagai. People of Chagai are facing shortage of drinking water for last 2 months. Protestors chanted slogans against Public Health Engineering (PHE) department and ...

Sami Parvez Turbat – Electricity problems in Makran division have exacerbated over the course of last few days, learnt The Balochistan Point. Yesterday, 4 high power transmission pylons were uprooted by storm in the Mand area of district Kech which resulted in cutting off electricity supply to major portion of Makran division. “I have learnt from sources in Quetta Electricity ...

Quetta – New verification rules of Balochistan Public Service commission (BPSC) have made life difficult for the applicants, learnt The Balochistan Point. According to new rules of BPSC, candidates who want to apply for a job must get their educational testimonials verified form the issuing authority. Previously only those candidates were asked to verify their documents that had been selected ...