By Hasrat Iqbal On 6th December last year, two girls of Kalat, Thirteen year old Asiya and nine year old Nazia were seen by their family for the last time. The two innocent girls were kidnapped, raped, murdered and then their bodies dumped. The family of Asiya and Nazia will be mourning while other will be celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr. The unfortunate family ...

By Jameel Jansheer A heedful glance at golden pages of era-to-era history of Balochistan will reveal the true story of the Baloch nation and their identity as autonomous people on earth. Whereas, from the very beginning the secular Baloch nation has been always fighting hard against many internal or external powers in order to preserve their recognition; be it in ...

Quetta: The officials of Government teachers Association have said in a statement that unfair rules made by Balochistan board of intermediate and secondary education are destroying education in Balochistan. Balochistan board has made a new rule according to which students younger than 14 years of age can’t sit in 9th grade exams. This rule will waste educational years of those students ...

Quetta: Karachi Electricity Supply Company has announced to withdraw subsidy provided to agriculture consumers of Lasbela district. The electricity supply company has served notice, through newspapers, to agriculture consumers to pay Rs. 2.36 Billion. Karachi electricity Supply Company, also known as K-electric provides electricity to Lasbela district of Balochistan. In 2013, K-electric announced subsidy for agriculture consumers. In a shocking ...

By Aurang Zaib Khan The British ruled over Balochistan for almost a century. They used different diplomatic policies in order to control the area under their Raj. Balochistan proved to be very important for the British government due to its strategic worth. The prime objective of British presence in Balochistan was to guard the frontiers and if there was any ...

Quetta: A roadside bomb explosion wounded 13 people on Shara-e-Iqbal Quetta. The bomb explosion struck the commercial heart of Quetta city. The bomb explosion took place near Bacha Khan Chowk which is the busiest square of Quetta. According to sources, Bomb was planted outside a shoe shop in a drain on Shara-e-Iqbal, commonly known as Qandhari Bazar. The victims of ...

By Aziz Ullah Kakar The ideological surge of sectarianism in distinctive parts of Pakistan has also made inroads into secular land of Balochistan. With the passing of every day the sectarian mentality in Balochistan is getting strength and it’s an alarming sign for the secular nature of Balochistan society. Quetta is the capital of Balochistan; population of Quetta city is ...

Quetta: Chief of Balochistan National Party and former chief minister of Balochistan, Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal, has been shifted to his home from hospital in Karachi. Akhtar Mengal fell ill on 20th July while travelling from Karachi to his home town Khuzadr. He was shifted to a hospital in Karachi the same day. According to Balochistan National Party sources, Akhtar ...

Quetta: Electricity crisis has deteriorated in the turbulent province of Balochistan. Apart from Quetta, rest of Balochistan is facing long hours of load shedding in the warm season of summer. District headquarters are getting 10 hours electricity daily, whereas Tehsil headquarters are getting 6 to 8 hours electricity in 24 hours. In case of villages, electricity is only provided 2 ...

The restive province of Balochistan is always in the news for the wrong reasons. This time it’s the acid attacks on women by masked savages. Last Monday, miscreants sprayed acid on the faces of four women outside a shopping center in outskirts of Quetta. Less than 24 hours had passed and two more girls were attacked with Acid in Mastung ...