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Balochistan Public Service Commission (BPSC) has responded to the problems faced by candidates of the posts of Secondary school Teacher (S.S.T). BPSC has extended the deadline for submission of applications for said posts. This is a step in the right direction as candidates were facing enormous difficulties in getting their degrees verified in given time. Standing in long queues outside ...

Water is the second most important thing for life on earth after oxygen. However everyone is not lucky to get access to drinking water. Gushtang, a town 2 kilometer away from Turbat city is facing acute scarcity of water. Weather is very hot in Turbat and that has resulted in increase in demand of water. Lack of availability of water ...

Noor Bakhsh Across Pakistan, journalists, mostly those engaged in sensitive areas, are at risk of fatal attacks on their lives. This is generally common in the country and particularly true in Karachi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Balochistan where threats to journalists are normal. Nevertheless, these incidents, especially when they go unchecked and unpunished, undermine the act and ...

Adnan Aamir For those who don’t know, the National Party is one of the ruling parties in Balochistan at the moment. It’s the party of the so-called “middle class” Chief Minister of Balochistan, Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch. It is the epitome of what’s wrong with political parties of the province. On June 7, 5 Hazaras were gunned down in broad ...

 Quetta – Female students of University of Balochistan (UOB) taking annual exams of Masters in Education (M.Ed) announced to boycott the exams due to frisking by male invigilators. Addressing a press conference in Quetta Press club on Sunday, Female students of UOB lead by Ayesha, Zareen and Asma complained against what they claimed immoral attitude of controller examinations of UOB. ...

As we know that education is the third eye of a nation but unluckily in Balochistan the quality of education is falling day by day. In a recent survey conducted by Azat foundation, it was revealed that the literacy rate in balochistan is 33% which should be a big cause of concern for everyone in this society. There are hundreds ...

Adnan Aamir Quetta – University of Balochistan (UOB) was shut down on Saturday after protest of student’s organization intensified against the administration of the university. UOB is the oldest and largest public sector university in Balochistan that also conduct gradation level examinations of degree colleges in Balochistan. Protests against incumbent Administration of UOB started more than month ago but these ...

Shoaib Durrazai Turbat – Balochistan National Party (BNP) has demanded from concerned authorities to install electricity transformers in those areas of Turbat where electricity voltage is low. Spokesman of BNP Kech chapter, Majeed Dashti advocate made these demands while talking to The Balochistan Point. “Keck district is the home district of Chief Minister (CM) Balochistan and despite that it suffers ...

In Khuzdar, we are facing 16 hours of power cuts for the past one year, but guess what? We are so peaceful that we can never imagine to block the roads or protest against this injustice because we are Pakistanis and love our country, and can never imagine to embarrass our tribal elders who we elect to the assemblies to ...

Quetta – Majid Khan Achakzai, member of Provincial Assembly from Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) has been appointed as chairman of Public accounts committee. Public accounts committee is one of the most important Parliamentary Committees as it holds government accountable for all sorts of expenditures that it has made. In Aftermath of 18th amendment, it was agreed by all political parties ...