Quetta: All Parties Democratic Alliance (APDA) has announced to observe black day on 7th December to protest the unnecessary delay in Local Bodies elections. APDA is a political alliance for local bodies which comprises of all major political parties of Balochistan excluding Pashtunkhaw Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) and National Party (NP). The meeting of APDA was held on Sunday in ...

Zahid Ali Baloch Zikris are the oldest settlers of the Makran region of Balochistan, Pakistan, and they have followed this belief system from their ancestors. They can also be found in several other areas of Balochistan, mainly in Awaran, Khuzdar and Quetta. The word “ Zikiri” is referred to those who are following this particular sect. Zikri follow the teaching ...

Quetta:  22 children have died and over 1300 affected this year in Balochistan due to measles because government of Balochistan has failed to release allocated funds to combat measles. According to a report published in Express Tribune, Government had allocated Rs. 137 million for Anti-Measles campaign but it’s yet to be released while innocent children are dying. Experts say that ...

Gwadar: Members of Gwadar Youth Forum (GYF) held a protest demonstration against Quetta Electricity Supply Corporation (QESCO) at Shuhada-e-Jiwani chowk Gwadar, on Friday. GYF activists protested against recruitment of outsiders on five vacancies of QESCO in Gwadar. Protesters rejected the recruitment in the shape of transfers from other districts and demanded the cancellation of the transfers. President of GYP Barkat Baloch ...

QUETTA:  Chief Minister Balochistan, Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has said that the manufacturers and peddlers of spurious drugs are the enemies of humanity and they deserve no compassion. “Health department, doctors and police should take action against anti social elements involved in such inhuman act,” he expressed these views while talking to a delegation of medicine traders here on Thursday. ...

Quetta: Dr. Malik led coalition government of Balochistan is facing the threat of no confidence motion in Balochistan assembly. Molana Abdul Wasay, opposition leader in Balochistan assembly, has demanded that the session of Balochistan Assembly should be convened soon where the opposition will table a no-confidence motion. “Dr. Malik has lost the support of PML-N and PML-Q and therefore it ...

Qadeer Gichki QUETTA:  Balochistan lies on the migratory routes of very significant and biologically important wildlife populations. Among them, the houbara bustard, locally named as Charz or Talor, is very famous. The bird starts arriving into Balochistan when the temperature drops below freezing point in November to December. The bird returns back to its home in the middle of March ...

Quetta: Balochistan Dentists Federation (BDF) held a protest outside office of Medical Superintendent (MS) Sandeman provincial hospital Quetta against non-payment of stipend, on Tuesday. House officers and Post graduate students of the dentistry have not been paid their stipends for last 6 months. In order to demand the release of funds for the payment of their stipends, members of BDF ...

Sanaullah Baloch BALOCHISTAN, Pakistan’s energy basket, has been undergoing a decades-long armed conflict with the central government. In fact, it is these conflicts along with institutionalised corruption and wrong priorities in Pakistan’s oppressed province that are the major cause of depriving a huge percentage of children access to school. Though rarely highlighted or even acknow­ledged by the centre, the secondary ...

Quetta: In Mastung district of Balochistan, thousands of Local certificates applications are pending due to negligence of bureaucracy. Local certificates of the applicants are not being issued because Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) of Mastung has not signed them for last 6 months. Students require local certificates for admission in institutes and local certificates are also must for job applications. Both ...