Bari Baloch Balochistan covers 43 per cent land mass of Pakistan and its enormously rich in mineral resources, having a long coastal belt. However, it has only 0.2 per cent forest cover of total forestry of the country. Consisting of arid plains, deserts and rugged mountains, Balochistan is unique in terms of forests as it has been bestowed with world’s ...

QUETTA – Unemployed graduates in Balochistan are waiting for internships two years after submission of applications. Federal government had announced an internship program for youth of Balochistan in 2013. Government of Balochistan accepted applications for internship of graduates of all the districts. Thousands of unemployed graduates submitted applications of internships in their respective Deputy Commissioner Offices. Almost two years have ...

QUETTA – Chief Minister (CM) of Balochistan, Dr. Malik Baloch, is involved in horse trading of councilors during ongoing Local government elections, alleged All Parties Democratic Alliance (APDA) on Monday. APDA is an alliance of seven political parties of Balochistan excluding National Party (NP) and Pashtunkhaw Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) for local government elections in Quetta. Leaders of APDA held ...

Adnan Aamir QUETTA – 1.8 million children in Balochistan are out of schools disclosed, Sardar Raza Barech, Advisor to Chief Minister (CM) of Balochistan on education, on Monday. Mr. Barech made the revelation while speaking at a program titled “Education Governance” that was organized by Mishal Pakistan in Quetta Press Club. Advisor to CM shared interesting facts about education in ...

Nadir Jailani QUETTA: QUETTA: Muhammad Haleem, 46, a farmer by profession, in Noshki district does not seem happy with farming anymore as he did not achieve what he was expecting to get from farming. “Though we irrigate our lands through tube-wells but drought hitting Balochistan for the last couple of years, dry spells and lack of rain have left negative ...

QUETTA: Poor applicants of Balochistan have paid over Rs. 50 Million to National Testing Service (NTS), so far, for job applicants of education department only. Balochistan government advertised vacancies of over 4,000 in education department in November. Rs. 1000 was set as the fee per application by Government of Balochistan. Fee for similar vacancies in Sindh provinces is a meager ...

Ghulam Ali Bugti Police force is important for maintaining rule of law in any society. Police needs to be properly trained and equipped with modern weapons and skills to combat criminals and terrorists. No society can function that has a weak Police Force. Similarly, morale of the Police should also be kept high all the times so that they can ...

QUETTA: Youth Wing of PML-N has alleged that Balochistan government is earning revenue by charging high amount of fee for job applications. Vacancies were announced in Local Government department couple of months back and over 18,000 candidates applied for them. Now, Balochistan government has again asked the applicants to re-submit their applications along with Rs. 400 as fee. “This is ...

QUETTA: Provincial minister for Food, Izhar Khan Khosa, has alleged that Chief Minister (CM) of Balochistan has diverted development funds unfairly to Makran Division. Izhar Khan Khosa, who belongs from PML-N, has blamed CM for non-development in the Naseerabad Division which is the “Green Belt” of the province, according to him. Agriculture University and other development funds, according to Mr. ...

QUETTA: Quetta Electricity Supply Company (QESCO) has further increased the electricity load shedding in entire Balochistan, amid the winter season. Qesco has cited increase in shortfall as the reason behind increase in load shedding. According to QESCO sources, Electricity demand in Balochistan, excluding Makran, is 1,650 Megawatt and supply is only 500 Megawatt. This has resulted in a shortfall of ...