Balochistan

Quetta – Senate elections in Balochistan have taken an interesting turn as Balochistan National Party (BNP) has demanded its debt from ruling National Party (NP). According to BNP, in senate elections of 2006 a four party alliance was formed comprising of BNP, NP, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP). BNP voted for the candidates of the alliance ...

Imdad Baloch Balochistan is one of the richest resource states in the South Asia but its inhabitants live in abject poverty. Balochistan has the lowest literacy rate and highest infant mortality rate in all over Pakistan. Despite being a naturally rich province, people of Balochistan suffer due to apathy of Provincial and Federal government. Over US$1 trillion worth of natural ...

Adnan Aamir Empowerment of women is a barometer for development of any society. Over the course of the last few decades, some progress has been made in creating political space for women in Balochistan. However, the composition of cabinet and elections for local bodies indicate a shrinking space for women in the politics of Balochistan. In October 2013, 15 member ...

Adnan Aamir Balochistan is facing a variety of problems, one of which is the influx of Afghan immigrants. One of the most serious problems in this regard is the issue of hundreds of thousands of Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs) to immigrants in Balochistan. This is a very serious problem because it will result in a change in demographics and ...

Quetta – Former Federal Minister and chief of Rind tribe, Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind is the most sought-after politician in Balochistan. Yar Muhammad Rind served as Federal Minister during 2002-07 when he was a part of PML-Q. During 2008-13, Mr. Rind was Member of Provincial Assembly from his home town of Kachi but he was politically marginalized due to his ...

Quetta – A program was held in Bolan Medical Collage (BMC) to celebrate international mother language’s day on Saturday. 21st February is observed as international day for mother Languages worldwide.  This day marks the contribution of Bengali students who sacrificed their lives for the very purpose of preserving their mother tongue .In order to pay tribute to those students, UNESCO ...

Quetta – As senate elections are approaching, the attempts by the candidates of senate elections to buy votes in Balochistan have intensified. Polls for senate elections will take place on 5th March in Balochistan assembly where 65 members will elect 12 senators. Scrutiny of nomination papers was completed by election commission yesterday. 38 out of 42 nomination papers were approved ...

Quetta – Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif during his visit to Quetta announced different development packages for Balochistan amounting to Rs. 35 billion. Nawaz Sharif announced Rs. 5 billion for development of Quetta city. These funds would be spent on developing roads, improving sanitation system and cleaning services in the city. Rs. 30 billion were announced by PM to construct ...

Quetta – Two day visit of Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif disrupted life in Quetta city and caused huge deal of inconvenience to people. PM Nawaz Sharif was in Quetta from 18th to 19th February. He chaired a meeting of Apex committee of Balochistan and also attended Passing out parade of Anti-Terrorist Force of Balochistan. All the routes leading from ...

Author:  Arshad Jan Marri Structure of Health Department: The Health Sector of Pakistan is managed jointly by the Federal Ministry of Health and Provincial Health Ministry of respective province. Constitutionally Health is a devolved subject under the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 promulgated on April 19, 2010. Under these legislative amendments provinces have the right to run their health sector ...