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Sami Parvez Turbat – Internet users in Turbat have severely criticized Pakistan Telecommunication Limited (PTCL) for poor internet service. PTCL is the only internet service provider in Makran region of Balochistan where Turbat is located. Internet users told Balochistan Point that internet service is poor during all the day and night which has resulted in creating severe problems for students, ...

Nadir Baloch Its time of the year when blood pours into black slime of dirty drains, roadside garbage junks are buried under offal, animal skins pile on street corners and the air fills with the mixed stench of animal waste and burning meat. Like many other rituals the annual investment in the hereafter on Eid-ul-Azha sets the stage for our ...

Ayaz Ahmed This is Part-3 of three articles series on this topic. Click here to read Part-1 of this series Click here to read Part-2 of this series India also observes Gwadar port from military and realistic perspective, and is apprehensive about Chinese arrival in close proximity to its naval bases thus challenging its naval hedge in the India Ocean ...

National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) Office in Turbat is one of the most important government offices in the city. People visit this office to get their B-forms and CNICs. This place is often crowded but there are not adequate arrangements to cater to needs of people. There is no proper sitting arrangement for the people who wait for their ...

Sami Parvez Gwadar – 7 passengers lost their lives in a deadly road accident when a bus collided with oil tanker in Ormara, on Wednesday. Bus carrying passengers was travelling to Karachi from Jiwani. According to sources, 45 passengers were wounded and they were rushed to Karachi hospitals for emergency treatment. Road accidents have increased on highways of Balochistan in ...

Turbat, one of the major cities of Balochistan, lacks emergency doctors which have resulted in several death cases in the city. In fact, every night after 10 PM all hospitals close down in Turbat city and there are no doctors to attend emergency patients. Recently, a female patient in Turbat faced an emergency situation and she was taken to three ...

Sami Parvez Turbat – Parents of students have protested against hike in private school fees in Turbat city. Parents are upset as private school owners have raised the schools fees suddenly without any prior notice, learnt the Balochistan Point. “Sudden rise in private school fees is totally unjustified and huge burden on low-earning parents of students,” a disgruntled parent told ...

It is really surprising that there is only one board office in entire Balochistan. Other provinces have numerous educational boards for the convenience of students in different regions of those provinces. Makran division which comprises of Kech, Gwadar and Panjgur districts is located farthest away from Quetta. Students of Makran division need to travel 850 km away to Quetta for ...

Riffat Wahab Baloch The electricity crisis has become a grave issue for the people of Gwadar. After every hour, two hours load shedding is faced by citizens, due to which the residents face many problems. Gwadar, the tipping point for 46 billion dollars China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and dubbed as the new centre of business in Asia, faces the grave ...

Quetta – Chief Minister Balochistan, Dr Abdul Malik Baloch and Captain, Shujahat Azeem Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Aviation inaugurated first PIA training center in Balochistan, on Monday. This new training center, established in Quetta, would be the 8th training center of the country and first ever in Balochistan from where annually 1,200 engineers would graduate in aviation sector. ...