Gwadar is a small town with the population of 200,000. It is located on the south of Makran division.  Gwadar is a Balochi term which the door of air. As government is saying “we are developing Gwadar and giving a new shape to the city.” But I want to raise a question to government. Did you ask the Gwadar people ...

Adnan Aamir Quetta – Balochistan Multi-party Summit commenced with visit of parliamentarians of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) to Balochistan Assembly, on Monday evening. Multiparty summit is taking place in Quetta under the Auspices of Democracy Reporting International (DRI) a not-for-profit organization working on rights of citizens for political participation. Theme of the Multi-party summit is “Democratic Stability through Responsive ...

Habibullah Khan Nasar Surprisingly, the month of ‘December’ has been tragic for us many times in the history of the country. Firstly, it dismembered the state of Pakistan into two independent states – Pakistan and Bangladesh; referring to the unlucky December 16, 1971. Secondly, the December 16, 2014 was no less heartrending, when the Peshawar school massacre was orchestrated. The ...

Turbat is one of the biggest cities of Balochistan but the only Girls College in city is facing shortage of teachers. It’s very surprising and unfortunate to reveal that there is just one Mathematics teacher for entire Government Girls College Turbat. Therefore only a handful number of students can study math. As a result a lot of girls are deprived ...

Adnan Aamir Quetta: Three-day monthly polio campaign in Balochistan will commence from 11th January, said Dr. Saif-ur-Rehman coordinator Emergency Operations Center (EOC) while addressing a press conference, on Sunday. Forthcoming Polio Campaign will target 2,472,616 children administration of polio drops in 30 districts of Balochistan. In this campaign 6,603 polio teams will administer polio drops on 796 fixed sites and 321 ...

Ali Raza Rind China-Pakistan economic corridor (CPEC), initially termed as game changer, has become a frequent discussion issue in Pakistan. Political figures of Balochistan and KP raised reservations and demanded all facilities being provided to eastern route like railway line, fiber optic, electricity facilities and economic zones should also be provided to western zone. KP Chief Minister (CM) Pervez Khattak ...

Maryam Zia Whenever Balochistan government goes to Donor Community meetings and brief them about their new projects and developments, the first question comes back is How will Balochistan be able to achieve its development goals without high powered human resource? Recently, in a meeting with World Bank, Health department presented its road map for restructuring health and mentioned their projects ...

Adnan Aamir Quetta : Chief Minister (CM) of Balochistan, Nawab Sanaullah Zehri, has said that bureaucracy is subservient to the parliament of Balochistan while addressing Balochistan Assembly session, on Friday. First Session of Balochistan Assembly in 2016 was convened on Friday evening with Speaker Rahila Durrani on the chair. Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal and Senator Agha Shehbaz ...

Fateh Shah Arif “Acquire education even if you have to go to China” this was the holy religion of Islam which given direction to its followers, to explore the globe in light of Quran verse which says’ “I (God) created earth and Skies and it’s made for you (human being) to explore it.” This proves that religion itself emphasizing on ...

Last week Balochistan government announced to probe degrees of 50,000 teachers which is an appreciable step. Provincial Secretary Education Mr. Saboor Kakar has taken a painstaking task of probing the already done corruption cases. But what about the recent corruption being done in Education Department or about to be done? The Government of Balochistan Secondary Education Department announced 4,359 vacancies ...