Balochistan

Interview by Adnan Aamir Pak Voices is a community-run news website that aims to bring greater transparency and accountability to governance in marginalized regions of Pakistan by highlighting the most pressing local issues which are ignored by mainstream Media. Pak Voices has started its operations from South Punjab and Makran belt of Balochistan. The Balochistan Point spoke with Mr. Osama ...

Durra Khan University of Turbat (UOT) is playing a vital role in educating Baloch of Makran belt. It won’t be our erroneous belief if we say that UOT is a change of agent. The role of administration and teachers can’t be denied in transforming sub-campus of University of Balochistan into a separate university. The greatest thing about university is that ...

Adnan Aamir Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) is the largest telecommunication company in the country. It also happens to be the largest internet service provider in Pakistan. In 2006, PTCL was privatized and since then a lot of things have improved for the company. Unfortunately, delivery of proper internet services to Balochistan is not among them. PTCL is the only ...

Salam Buledi When we Baloch are called “Balochi” in Punjab by our Punjabi brethren and friends; it seems to be weird and disgusting to us, all the while they pronounce the word, Baloch as Balochi and call us Balochi, we are Baloch, rather than Balochi. There is an open disparity between the word Baloch and Balochi. Baloch is nominative and Balochi is possessive. For example, Baloch are famous for ...

Salam Buledi The educational emergency of Balochistan Government might sound good in parliament; it may benefit some specific people, near and dear ones and of those who are part of this government but it will do no good to the people of Balochistan. All claims of educational emergency in Balochistan have proven to be null and void. The call of ...

Quetta – Educational emergency of Balochistan government has been thoroughly exposed because 270 students of Balochistan studying in Punjab are about to be expelled due to non-payment of their fees by Balochistan government. Parents of the students who are studying in Punjab through Chamalang Beneficiary Education Program (CBEP) held a press conference in Quetta press club on Thursday. Umar Shah ...

Quetta – Special anti-corruption court in Quetta has sentenced two employees of National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) Kashmore office 21 years behind bars, on Wednesday. Court headed by Judge Munir Ahmad Marri found deputy manager NADRA Manzoor Osto and Data entry operator Allah Baksh guilty of issuing illegal Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) to Afghan refugees in Quetta. Both culprits ...

Quetta – Shayhaq Baloch, a student of University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore has been awarded Gold medal in Civil Engineering department, on Tuesday. Shayhaq Baloch was enrolled in 2010 batch of Civil Engineering in UET Lahore which is the one of oldest engineering universities in the country. Gold Medalist student was born in Kalatuk area of Kech district ...

Aziz Ejaz Importance of literature cannot be ignored in the development of any society. Literature gives birth to the most sensitive individuals and writers that contribute in shaping up norms and values of the society. It’s unimaginable for any society to sustain itself without presence of literature. If we take a look at French, Cuban, Russian, and American and other ...

Adnan Aamir The government educational institutes in Balochistan have failed to impart quality education. Consequently, private schools have been established to fill the vacuum. These private schools, to some extent, are doing a good job by providing quality education which is unthinkable for government schools. In absence of regulatory framework, the private education sector in Balochistan, like the rest of ...