National

By: Javed Siddique The local government in Balochistan is deprived of its rights. After the passage of three and half years, yet the provincial government is not delegated power to the grass-root level. If the government was not sincere to share powers why it conducted local bodies’ elections in the province? Dr Malik’s government loudly claimed to be the first ...

Islamabad: Lok Virsa has newly discovered Folk Child Troupe, Young Child artists who will also perform at the Faiz International Festival 2016. Executive Director Lok Virsa Fauzia Saeed said that one of the mandates of Lok Virsa was to discover new artists and promote them into the mainstream society. “The Institute proudly presented the discovery of new in the past ...

By: Mehboob Shahwani Hub: At least 62 people were killed and more than 95 have been injured in a huge blast in the premises of the Shah Noorani shrine in Khuzdar district on Saturday evening. Sources told that explosion has resulted death of 62 people who include women and children. More than 500 people were in the shrine at the time of ...

By: Mir Behram Baloch Quetta: Balochistan Freedom of Information Act 2005 is ineffective and needs to be repealed. It does not facilitate citizens and journalists in getting information from public bodies. There is a need for an effective right to information law for the province on the lines of those enacted in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. These views were expressed ...

Quetta: The death toll from an explosion and fire at a Gadani ship-breaking yard last week has risen to 26, officials said on Sunday. More than 57 others were wounded in the incident when a gas cylinder exploded and started a fire inside an oil tanker at the Gadani yard in the in Gadani district Lasbela. A local government official, Zulfiqar ...

Quetta: Balochistan’s Home department has issued a threat alert stating that a “lady suicide bomber” has reached Quetta, where she is believed to carry out a terrorist attack. “It has reliably been learnt that a lady suicide bomber, ageing between 17 and 18 has reached Quetta for some terrorist activity,” the letter read. It said that two terrorists along with ...

Quetta: Competitive examines would be conducted in accordance with its schedule which has already been announced, said a press release issued by the provincial government, here on Saturday. According to statement, the BPSC examinations would be held on schedule and strongly rejected the reports that the examinations are being postponed or delay. “There is not truth in rumors that competitive ...

By: Shoaib Durrazi Quetta: The Balochistan Residentional College (BRC) administrations have shut all their campuses in Balochistan including Loralai, Turbat, Khuzdar and Zhob from 3 November. Administration of BRCs urged Balochistan government to fulfill their demands otherwise classes would not be attended. The administration has demanded release of 75% allowance of the employees and ensures the promotion policy, since due ...

Quetta: In order to materialize the vision of Chief Minister Balochistan, Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri, the Quetta Mass Transit Train System’s Phase- I would be completed in 2019. Work on this project is in full swing and after its completion it would provide economical and comfortable traveling facility to the masses. A meeting between Provincial Authorities and officials of two ...

Quetta: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was in tears during his visit to injured police cadets in Balochistan. “He broke down into tears when he talked about his slain mother Benazir Bhutto.” Bilawal said that he was also a victim of terrorism. “My family and the people of Balochistan share the same pain. I am no ordinary ...