Balochistan

Quetta – Airplanes belonging from Kuwait and Singapore narrowly escaped collision in air, over Zhob, on Sunday. According to aviation sources, both planes nearly collided with one another due to poor signal quality of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Kuwait Airlines plane was travelling to Islamabad whereas Singapore Airline’s plane was travelling to London. There are some serious flaws with frequency ...

Shoaib Durrazai                                 Frustration is reaching at its peak among Baloch youth. Primary reason for this frustration is the persisting unemployment in the province. Baloch youth are suffering due to multitudes of problems such as poor education system, corruption in government departments and exploitation at the hands of tribal chiefs. In short there is no light at the hand of the ...

Mariyam Suleman Baloch Gwadar – Municipal Committee of Gwadar has violated the voting rights of students by Selecting Student representative’s without any election. On Friday, Municipal Committee Gwadar released a notification that declared two students named Junaid and Faisal the representatives for the students in Gwadar. While no student or student organization was taken into confidence. Majority of the current ...

Quetta – Federal Minister for Finance, Ishaque Dar, has said that 18 new passport offices would be established in Balochistan. Finance Minister made this statement while talking to Chief Minister of Balochistan Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch in Islamabad. In Balochistan there is only handful of Passport Offices and people face great deal of inconvenience when they visit passport offices. “Passport ...

Adnan Aamir The year was 1972. The wounds of Pakistan’s breakup were fresh. For the first time in the history of the country, power was being transferred to provinces after direct elections. It was a new beginning for Pakistan. The government of National Awami Party (NAP) was in power in Balochistan. After 25 years of struggle, finally the people of ...

Quetta –   Local government in Quetta, headed by Mayor has failed to provide immediate relief to the citizens of Quetta. After a gap of more than 5 years, Local government in Quetta took power in month of January this year. Since coming to power, Local government administration of Quetta has created more trouble rather than providing relief to people of ...

Quetta – Ruling National Party (NP) has set new records of corruption and bad governance in the province, said opposition leader in Balochistan assembly, Molana Abdul Wasay through his spokesman. “In the past National Part used to hold its congress session using donations and now they hold their sessions in five stat hotels of Quetta and Karachi,” said spokesman of ...

Quetta – Mysterious negotiations taking place between Balochistan government and Tethyan Copper Company (TCC) have put serious question marks on the transparency of any potential Rekodiq deal. Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch along with his entourage is out of country for more than 10 days to negotiate an out of court settlement with TCC concerning Rekodiq deal. TCC was extracting gold ...

Quetta – Kacchi Canal project is economic backbone of Balochistan, said Mir Jan Muhammad Buledi, Spokesman Chief Minister Balochistan, on Tuesday. Mr. Buledi made these comments at a workshop held in Quetta Press Club about Kacchi Canal project. Workshop was conducted by Mehrdar institute with the support of Action Aid. “Provincial government is trying it’s best to ensure that Kacchi ...

Adnan Aamir Balochistan is all set to face a harsh drought in the coming months. Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has stated that 29 out of 32 districts of Balochistan are affected by drought. Primary reason for drought in Balochistan is that fewer rainfalls took place last year. The drought in Balochistan has the potential to cause a human catastrophe ...