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Plight of Education in Balochistan

Zafar ullah Musyani On 5th September, Balochistan Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BBISE) Quetta announced the annual result of intermediate exams. According to the chairman board only 7,710 students out of 26,880 passed the examination. Whereas 19,173 candidates failed in the exams. Likewise, this time the result depicted a dark future of Balochistan. And, it also evolved several questions ...

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Educational Emergency Fiasco

Fida Baloch Recently announced intermediate results showed the real face of steps taken by the Government of Balochistan in the name of “Educational Emergency.” Only 28% students were able to pass the exams and from those passed almost half stets have secured marks in second and third division. This clearly shows flaws in educational system that must be solved. This ...

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Attention Diverter: Urdu as Official Language

Raza Baloch History of Urdu language, began to take shape during the Delhi Sultanate (1206-1526 AD) but it was made functional during the Mughal period (1526- 1858). Urdu as an official language has already faced many controversies since the 19th century such as Hindi-Urdu dispute. Pakistan since its genesis was confronted with many challenges; Massacre of Muslim Refugees in India, ...

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Irresponsible Journalism: Extension of Stay of Afghan Refugees Misreported

Adnan Aamir Quetta – In an act that tantamount to irresponsible journalism, several media outlets have misreported the extension of Afghan refugees in Pakistan. On 22nd August 2015, a tripartite meeting took Place between UNHCR and government of Pakistan and Afghanistan. In that meeting Afghan government requested for extension of stay of Afghan refugees, which is expiring in December 2015, for ...

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Letter: Football Ground Shifting

Presence of football grounds is obligatory for those societies where a great sense of enthusiasms exists in the sports. In Quetta, the football grounds are generally confined for the tournaments and for usual practice, but the allocated locations for some grounds are totally out off the mark. The residents of the Benevolent Fund Housing scheme, Sariab Road Quetta, are also ...

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NHA destroying Talar Wildlife Sanctuary, by Not Realigning M8

Adnan Aamir Quetta – National Highway Authority (NHA) has turned down the requests of district administration of Kech to realign m8 motorway to save potential wildlife sanctuary at Talar. M8 Motorway, which connects Gwadar with Ratodero via Turbat, Hoshab, Awaran and Khuzdar, will pass through Talar, a picnic point and potential wildlife sanctuary. Deputy Commissioner of Kech, Mr. Mumtaz, wrote ...

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Letter: Intermediate Result Fiasco

Recently the board of Balochistan Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BBISE) announced the intermediate result which stunned the students. Only 26.68 percent of students were declared pass, out of 26,883 candidates which appeared in exams. Majority of candidates who had worked hard for the intermediate exams will not be able to apply for entry tests due to the low ...

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Letter: Dearth of Electricity in Balochistan

As we know that energy is mandatory for development of any state. Likewise it boosts economic sector, reduce social problems and eradicates political chaos and frustration. Balochistan, the province with rich natural resources is confronting the problem of dearth of electricity and energy. Balochistan educational institutions lack of electricity and as result teachers faces difficulties to deliver workable and practical ...

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Gwadar: Students Demand Termination of Principal GDA School

Gwadar – Students of Gwadar Development Authority (GDA) Public Higher Secondary School protested against the unjust policies and the misconduct of principal and a few teachers due to which a number of skilled teachers are resigning. Students protested against the resignations of their most skilled teachers and refused to attend the classes, on Tuesday. Skilled teachers of GDA School are ...

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Controversial Exam Results: Students Protested Against Board

Adnan Aamir Quetta – Around 3,000 students took the streets to protest against controversial result of Intermediate exams declared by Balochistan Board of Intermediate and Secondary education (BBISE), on Monday. Intermediate result declared by BBISE on Saturday shocked everyone because only 28.68 percent candidates were declared successful. Result became controversial from the outset due to errors in marks of hundreds ...

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