Balochistan

QUETTA: President of Pakistan, Mamnoon Hussain, is on a three day visit to Quetta and his protocol has disrupted the life in Quetta city. Mamnoon Hussain is a ceremonial and powerless President but he is getting head of state security in true fashion. All the roads that were used by the convoy of President Hussain were closed for public for ...

QUETTA: Directorate of Culture Balochistan and Baloch Art Gallery and Culture Society organized a five day-long workshop on Art at Government High School Koshk, Buleda in Turbat district of Balochistan. Art material and other stuff were provided by Directorate of Culture for the workshop and a large number of students participated in the workshop to exhibit their talent. The President ...

Zahir Barketullah Aspirations, dreams and wishes have no meaning. Hope has never grown and imagination is killed at a very early stage. Having been forced and pressed to produce a living for themselves and for their families, the tiny little hands struggling in sustaining the living of their family who would work very hard in making both ends meet. These ...

QUETTA: A bomb blast in Prince Road locality of Quetta wounded 26 people in the evening hours of Wednesday. Bomb was an Improvised Explosive device (IED) which was fitted on bicycle that was parked outside a crowded hotel on price road. The weight of the IED was estimated to be 5 Kilogram by bomb Disposal Squad official. All the injured ...

Usman Raza Jamil With reference to your press conference of December 11 and subsequent news reports whereby you had categorically denied that no ‘deal’ was being struck with Tethyan Copper Company (TCC) or any foreign company by the government of Balochistan on the future of Reko Diq copper and gold reserves, the following questions relating to the single largest natural ...

Zakir Qadir Shams Balochistan media only focuses on “he said, she said” which can be simply called “Munshi Giri” or flattering. There is no focus on social aspect of issues demanding accountability in the public interest. Most of the journalists in the province are less-qualified, inexperienced and not trained. The working journalists who have received an academic education in journalism ...

QUETTA: Balochistan government should devise strategies to restrict afghan refugees to their camps just like the policies of Khyber Pakhtunkhaw government, said Balochistan National Party (BNP) in a press statement on Saturday. “Afghan Immigrants are not the Problem of Baloch, the statement said.” Afghan Immigrants have brought extremism, religious, militancy and sectarianism to the entire country. Therefore, BNP urged government ...

QUETTA: The German Ambassador to Pakistan, Dr. Cyril Nun has said Balochistan is the key location to concentrate for the development and stability of the Pak-Afghan region. “Germany is the biggest trading partner of Pakistan in European Union and providing assistance in education and health sector to Pakistan,” he was addressing the launching Ceremony of “Water Conservation and Agriculture Management ...

QUETTA: According to a report published din a local newspaper, there is disagreement over the appointment of new Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) for Planning and Development (P&D). Former ACS, Ali Zahir Hazara retired recently and since then government has not been able to appoint a new ACS. As a result all the development work in the provinces stays suspended till ...

Quetta: Balochistan government led by Chief Minister (CM) Dr. Malik Baloch has launched education emergency in the province. The actions of the government on the ground and according to different students organizations, amount to an anti-education policy. 300 students of Balochistan were studying in divisional college Multan under Chamalang educational scholarship scheme of the government. Recently all the students have ...