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Asif Magsi My fellow journalist, Irshad Ahmed Mastoi Baloch, was killed in broad daylight at his office in Quetta. He was one, of few, brave journalists who would criticise the establishment’s unjust policies towards Balochistan. His fellow trainee reporter, Abdul Ghulam Rasool, and a serving accountant, Mohammed Younus, also lost their lives in the incident. I cannot believe or understand ...

Though Pakistan is not a failed state, it has large areas which have become either paralysed or seemingly amputated. One such is the rule of law in Balochistan which to all intents and purposes lies beyond the Pale, that mythical fence beyond which darkness prevails. No crime is too heinous or too grisly to avoid prosecution. Murder, rape and robbery ...

Quetta: A convention of local bodies councilors will be held soon to decide future course of action, said former senator Haji Lashkari Raisani on Friday. Haji Lashkrai Raisani, the chief of All Parties Democratic Alliance (APDA), said during a press conference that Balochistan was the first province to hold local bodies elections. However, the power has not been transferred to ...

Quetta: Balochistan assembly passed a bill unanimously, which declared private money-lending a punishable offence, on Thursday. Those found guilty of private money lending can be imprisoned for 10 years and fined for Rs. 1 million. The bill has been given the title of Balochistan Prohibition of Private Money Lending Act. The bill was tabled by Abdul Rahim Ziaratwal, Minister for ...

Quetta: An attack by armed men on a worship place of Zikris has left 6 dead and 7 wounded in Ziarat-dan area of Awaran district, according to media reports. Unidentified terrorists came on three motor bikes and opened fire on worshippers when they were busy in worship, said Abdullah Jan, District Police Officer of Awaran while talking to media. Ziarat-dan, ...

Quetta: Three media personnel were gunned down in Kabir Building area of Quetta on Thursday evening. According to media reports, two unidentified gunmen stormed the Office of Online News agency in Kabir Building Quetta. The gunmen killed bureau chief of online news agency Irshad Mastoi, reporter Ghulam Rasool Khattak and accountant Younis. The assailants fled the crime scene without any ...

It is a struggle to get an education in Panjgur district of Balochistan. There are 23 private English-medium schools and coaching centres and early this year they began to receive threats from a group calling itself Tanzeem-ul-Islam-al-Furqan. This group wanted the schools to stop teaching English and end co-education. Eventually after bus and taxi drivers and students and school principals ...

Quetta: Judges parliamentary committee has approved Justice Ghulam Mustafa Mengal as new chief Justice of Balochistan High court, on Tuesday. Arshad Leghari chaired the meeting of Judges Parliamentary committee which was held in Parliament house. Incumbent Chief justice of Balochistan High court, Qazi Faiz Essa was approved as a judge of Supreme court of Pakistan by Judges Parliamentary committee. Shakil ...

Quetta: A private school, in Panjgur, was set on fire by unknown miscreants, yesterday. The miscreants threatened to set on fire all schools if the co-education system continued in Panjgur district. According to a report published in Express Tribune, miscreants on two motor bikes stormed Oasis school in Panjgur. They used petrol to set the office of the principal of ...

Today is the 8th death anniversary of Nawab Akbar Bugti. The events related to his assassination are still shrouded in mystery. However, everyone knows that he was assassinated on the orders of Musharraf who congratulated his troops after his assassination. Later on, the dictator backtracked form his statements and alleged that Nawab Akbar Bugti had committed suicide. There is no ...