By: Staff Reporter QUETTA: On the occasion of earth hour the speaker of the Provincial Assembly Ms.Raheela Hameed Khan Durrani in a massage has said that the observance of earth hour is particularly important for Pakistan in the backdrop of need for energy conservation and environmental protection. Earth hour has been observed from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm in Balochistan ...
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Balochistan Youth Policy hangs in balance
By: Mir Behram Baloch Fatima Iqbal Khan, 35, is active youth and human rights activist. She has recently been honored with National Award for Human rights by president of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain for the best achievement. She is one of the activists who drafted youth policy in 2014 for Environment, Sports & Youth Affairs Department Government of Balochistan; however, the ...
Read More »Quetta: Consultative session held on “Fill the Nutrient Gap (FNG) Analysis Pakistan’’
By: Saeed Yousuf QUETTA: Additional Chief Secretary (Planning & Development Department) Government of Balochistan, Dr. Umer Khan Baber, urged the development partners to look in-depth analysis of the nutrition’s indicators in the province. He said that while addressing to the consultative session organized by Scaling up Nutrition Cell Pakistan, World Food Program “ Fill the Nutrient Gap (FNG) Analysis Pakistan’’ ...
Read More »PWD’s role key in curbing MMR: Secretary
QUETTA: Secretary Population Welfare Balochistan Noor ul Haq Baloch has said that population department is going to emerge as a key department in the province following the ongoing census. Speaking during an administrative conference of the Department held here at Director General Officer on Wednesday, he urged the role of the Population Department as a key department in curbing the mother ...
Read More »Improved law and order is increasing financial activities in the province, says CM Balochistan
Quetta: Chief Minister Balochistan, Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri has said that following improvement of law and order, the economic and financial activities and investment is increasing in the province. “Balochistan is not a poor province rather it has countless natural resources, minerals and a long coastal belt the further magnifies its importance”, he added. Chief Minister Balochistan was talking to ...
Read More »Lawmakers pledged to increase budgetary allocations for Nutrition in Balochistan
By: Nadeem Feyrozai Quetta: Parliamentarians from different political parties made commitment to address malnutrition in Balochistan by increasing budgetary allocations for nutrition programs during a meeting organized by Provincial Nutrition Cell in collaboration of Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Alliance Pakistan (SUNCSA,Pak) in support of Micronutrient Initiative (MI). Mr. Rahmat Saleh Baloch, Minster Health said, “Government of Balochistan is really ...
Read More »CPEC and its Impact on the Region
By: Zaheer Ud Din Babar CPEC as a game changer has almost been a buzzword since the inception of this project. Both China and Pakistan are investing relentless efforts to finalize the project, thereby, to operationalize it as soon as possible as the port is believed to accrue immense economic dividends. Successful operationalization of Gwadar port would be a kismet-changer for both ...
Read More »Three-day anti-polio drive to begin in 29 districts of Balochistan
Quetta: Three-day anti-polio drive will begin in twenty nine districts of Balochistan from Monday. Addressing a news conference Provincial Coordinator Emergency Operation Centre Balochistan Syed Faisal Ahmed said in Quetta more than 2.4 million children up to five years of age would be administered anti-polio vaccinations during the campaign. More than nine thousand mobile teams have been constituted. He also ...
Read More »Nutrition program making efforts to improve micronutrient deficiencies among women and children
By: Nadeem Feyrozai Quetta: Balochistan Nutrition Progamme is striving to address the micronutrient deficiencies among women and children. The national nutrition survey 2011 depicts that 29 % of women suffer from iodine deficiency whereas 35 % of children are iodine deficient in Balochsitan. This was told by Dr. Ali Nasir Bugti, provincial coordinator Balochsitan Nutrition Program here on Saturday. While ...
Read More »Sherani: One of the backward districts of Balochistan
By: Fazal Sherani District Sherani or Shirani is a district in Baluchistan province; it was separated from Zhob after granting the district status in 3 January 2006.The name of district originated from the dominant tribe of the area (SHERANI TRIBE). District Sherani has only two tribes SHERANI and HARIFAL. According to the census of 1998 the total population was 8, 3771. Which ...
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