Letters

ISLAMABAD: Chairman, Senate National Defence Committee, Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, has urged Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to personally meet Mama Qadeer Baloch and his team.  He was talking to the media men on Sunday to share his experiences of the first-ever visit of the parliamentary Defence Committee to the Balochistan coastal cities of Gwadar and Ormara.  The senator said Pakistan’s ...

The historical places are present everywhere in the world and being repaired in every year by the government. Similarly, several famous historical places exist in different parts  of Balochistan but these are neglected. Makran is one of the oldest centers of Indus Valley civilizations, where Mirri Fort, Damb Shahi Tump in Turbat  are located, dated back to 4000 BC. These ...

Qadeer Baloch has been struggling for the safe recovery of abducted Baloch persons; his infatuation for the release of them compelled him to raise the voice against human rights abuse in Balochistan. The double-troubling long March from Quetta to Lahore has veritably exposed the reality to people of Pakistan. Unfortunately, the long march and facts about Balochistan have always been ...

By Yousaf Ajab Baloch In Baloch society where women rarely play a role in public life, Farzana Majeed has bucked the trend. She has emerged as a symbol of struggle for Baloch missing persons. Farzan Majeed (29) is daughter of Baloch nationalist leader, Majeed Bizenjo. Majeed in his youth was a student activist with progressive leanings. After students politics he emerged ...

KHUDZAR: Around fifteen decomposed bodies were found buried at Totak area in Khudzar district of Balochistan province on Saturday, officials said. According to Deputy Commissioner Abdul Waheed Shah two bodies have been recovered while digging is under way to locate more bodies.  “Balochistan Levies was informed about the presence of human remains in Totak area in Khuzdar District, we rushed ...

To, His Excellency Mr Ban Ki-Moon United Nations Secretary-General UN Headquarters New York, NY 10017 USA Dear Mr Secretary General, We write to you from the middle of Balochistan’s worst quake-hit area, Awaran, where a deadly 7.7 magnitude earthquake killed more than a thousand people on September 24th, 2013. The powerful quake toppled numerous mud-built houses in Awaran and Turbat ...

 Quetta: Rebel separatists Tuesday killed 14 people, including three security officers, after stopping vehicles at a fake checkpoint in Balochistan. According to the report, armed men kidnapped 22 passengers last night from five buses going to Rajanpur from Quetta and late killed 14 of them. The incident took place near Mach town of Balochistan’s Bolan district. The sources said “Militants ...

Sir: I want to draw the attention of the concerned authorities towards the inefficiency of PTCL in Kalat district, where the people are deprived of access to internet. The connections are limited in the urban areas of the city, even the vicinity of the city is suffering by this problem. Now-a-days Internet is mean of getting data throughout the world ...

Sir: Availability of electricity in our daily life plays a vital role. No doubt, due to its significant role we have become dependent on it but the load shedding creates number of difficulties to do our responsibilities in daily life. The load shedding in Kalat has become a vexing issue these days .For number of days and weeks we face ...

  Sir: Journalists are the one who are always fighting for human rights, who don’t think for their lives. Journalists want to bring peace in the country and never think of their own safety. They are playing their role for the brightness of country, but it is heartening to say that journalists are being target killing and there is no ...