Balochistan

Interview by Adnan Aamir Abdul Rahim Zafar was born in Gwadar district. He was the general secretary of Baloch Students Organization (BSO) in 1968 when the first spilt in the organization took place. He has written two books titled “Sang-e-Larzan” and “Azadi ka Safar.” The Balochistan Point conducted a short interview with Abdul Rahim Zafar about the burning issue of ...

Quetta – Members of civil society and Political activists held a sit-in on western bypass against attempted land grabbing of Jabal-e-Noor graveyard, on Saturday. Protestors alleged that Land Mafia in collusion with Quetta Development Authority and District Administration is attempting to grab the land of Jabal-e-Noor graveyard in pretext of Shifting Spini Road Bus stand. Balochistan High court has ordered ...

Quetta – An mysterious group calling itself ‘Shura-e-Fidayaan Islam has threatened to attack Quetta Press Club (QPC) if Christian members of the club are not expelled. A threatening letter was received by QPC on Saturday by a group called ‘Shura-e-Fidayaan Islam. The Letter alleged that four Christian members of QPC are involved in propagation of Christianity. Letter warned the QPC ...

Quetta – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has confirmed the Muree power sharing agreement under which National Party and PML-N will occupy the office of Chief Minister of Balochistan for a period of two and half years each. Prime Minister made this confirmation in answer to a question of a journalist during the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) ceremony held ...

Quetta – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif conferred Mr. Siddique Baloch with Lifetime Achievement award in a ceremony organized by Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) in Lahore, on Saturday. Mr. Siddique Baloch is Editor of Balochistan Express and a veteran Journalist, serving in the field of journalism since 1966. In CPNE ceremony, Prime Minister paid tribute to the services of ...

Gwadar – District Education Officer of Gwadar, Mohammed Jan Raza Baloch, addressed the educators and examiners in the district hall during a workshop as part of the provincial government’s “No cheating will be tolerated” campaign on Thursday. A number of school principals and teachers from throughout the district were invited to attend the workshop. They were strictly informed to follow ...

Mariyam Suleman Baloch Twentieth century marks enormous evolution of mankind. A number of anecdotes and events that took place during that era are considered important to human history. Though the world had to endure the great depression of conflicts between various nations leading to blood sheds of millions of people but what can’t be disregarded are the scientific, political, economic, ...

Adnan Aamir Quetta – United Nations (UN) is actively engaged in socio-economic development of Balochistan and this fact is not very well known. United Nations reaffirmed its commitment to the development of Balochistan, on Monday. Today, a field visit of media personnel was arranged by United Nations Information Center (UNIC) and World Food Programme (WFP) to three UN supported projects. ...

Adnan Aamir Quetta – United Nations (UN) reaffirmed its commitment to contribute in development of Balochistan, in an orientation session held in Quetta on Monday. Orientation session was conducted by United Nations Information Center (UNIC). Country head of UN in Pakistan, Mr. Vittorio Cammarota, presided over the session. Chief guests at the event, who represented Balochistan government, were Mr. Abdul ...

Adnan Aamir In a ground breaking agreement last November, the Chinese government committed to invest over $45 billion in China-Pak Economic Corridor (CPEC). This corridor will connect Gwadar with Chinese city of Kashgar in the Xinjiang autonomous region, through highways, rail link and oil-gas pipelines. This project was dubbed as a “game changer” by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for the ...