A candidate narrates how he was deprived of his right in job selection in Jaffarabad district of Balochistan. Government of Balochistan had announced earlier that recruitments of Secondary Education will be held by under the supervision Deputy Commissioner (DC) of concerned district so that transparency can be ensured. Written exams for Junior Clerks (BPS-7) for education department in Jaffarabad were ...
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Judicial Commission Should Also Focus On Balochistan
Adnan Aamir On April 2, an agreement was inked by PTI and PML-N to form a judicial commission to investigate allegations of rigging in the general elections of 2013. Justice Nasirul Mulk, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan has chosen himself to lead that commission. On Thursday, in its first sitting, the commission asked all political parties to submit ...
Read More »Balochistan: Politicizing Education
Adnan Aamir Balochistan is considered the most backward province in Pakistan; and one of the reasons for this backwardness is the poor state of education. The literacy rate in Balochistan, standing at 39 percent, is the lowest when compared with all other provinces. Over 2.3 million children are out of school and there is lack of basic infrastructure and facilities ...
Read More »Excuse Of Law And Order: PCSIR Closes Technical Center In Quetta
Quetta – Precision Systems Training Center (PSTC) Quetta has been closed by Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial research (PCSIR) owing to deteriorating law and order situation, reported Daily Balochistan Express. PSTC was established in the year 1987 with a total cost of Rs, 63.646 million by PCSIR. PSTC conducted a 3 years diploma in Precision Mechanical & Instrument Technology. ...
Read More »Pakistan Blocked 25 Million Unverified Sims
Bahram Sayad Islamabad – Over 25 million unverified Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs) have been blocked by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) when the three month deadline for biometric verification of SIMs ended on Sunday. This announcement was made by Chairman of PTA Dr. Ismail Shah on Monday. The five telecom operators of Pakistan, Mobilink, Ufone, Telenor, Warid and Zong launched biometric ...
Read More »Letter: Private Hostels Are A Security Threat
Private hostels provide facilities to the out-station students but at the same time they are a serious security threat. Not only students but also numerous employees and daily wage workers stay at private hostels. Unfortunately there is no mechanism of check and balance of the people living in hostels. After APS Peshawar massacre security is on high alert and there ...
Read More »Letter: Internet Connectivity Problems In Turbat
Turbat which is one of the largest cities of Balochistan is suffering from internet connectivity problems. Presently, most of the official work like online banking, bill management, money transfer and news reporting are carried out through internet. Constant disruption in internet connectivity causes people to face a diverse range of inconvenience in their daily routine. Residents of Turbat pay their ...
Read More »NTS: Improper Arrangements In Education Department Test In Quetta
Quetta – Recruitment tests for education department vacancies took place in Quetta, on Sunday. In Quetta alone, more than 9,000 candidates appeared for the test conducted by National Testing Service (NTS). According to the candidates, arrangements for the test were deplorable. Female candidates specifically faced inconvenience due to poor management of NTS. “NTS charged excessively high amount of fee for ...
Read More »Letter: No Change In Plight Of Balochistan
The Nationalist government promised to the nation that it would change the present socio-political system of province. After over Two years of the new government, there is still no improvement in the law of jungle. Unfortunately Baloch nation is still in the murky and stormy environment as they were before this government. There is no change in the education sector ...
Read More »Gwadar: Conference Condemns Selection of Student Representatives on Political Basis
Mariyam Suleman Baloch Gwadar – Gwadar Youth Forum (GYF) held a conference on Friday against the illegal selection of student representatives by the Municipal Committee Gwadar. The conference was presided over by the president of GYF Barkatullah Baloch. Conference was attended by a large number of college students, youth representatives, young civil society members including Shay Khalid Advocate, Ali Jan ...
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