Balochistan

By: Staff Reporter QUETTA: In the recent outbreak of Chikungunya in the coastal belts and the adjoin areas of Balochistan Secretary Health Mr. Asmat Ullah Kakar has constituted a provincial task force with the Director General Health Balochistan Dr. Masood Qadir Nosherwani as a Chair and Provincial Coordinator Malaria Control Programme as Coordinator, having clear TORs for coordination and implementation of ...

By: Zafar Musyani KARACHI: Census in Balochistan would, most probably, change the demographic landscape of the province, because it would leave the Baloch population far behind in numbers than the last census, nineteen years ago, said Mumtaz Sajidi. Sajidi is a student of International Relations at University of Karachi. He said this while delivering a lecture themed as “The impacts ...

By: Staff Reporter KALAT: Provincial President of Senior Educational Staff Association (SESA) Abdul Ghaffar Kadizai has said that their protest for implementation on 30 Point Demand Notice would continue until 13th of April. He said this while addressing seminar In Kalat on Tuesday. Abdul Ghaffar Kadizai said, “In order to save department of education from further destruction, corruption, nepotism, injustice, ...

 By: Saeed Yousuf   QUETTA:   Secretary Finance Mr. Akbar Hussain Durrani has said that in Balochistan wide range of opportunities  are available in natural resources development mainly to Natural gas, Mines & Minerals, and developing these sectors of Economic opportunities are first most priority of the government ,he was expressing these views while chairing the first meeting of  Board of ...

QUETTA: Tuberculosis is becoming a serious threat in Balochistan as there has been a steady increase in cases reported in the province. About 20,000 new cases of tuberculosis (TB) are reported in Balochistan every year, according to experts. Most of the patients come from the far flung areas of province and border regions. Treatment of diseases is already a problem ...

By: Staff Reporter  QUETTA: On the occasion of earth hour the speaker of the Provincial Assembly Ms.Raheela Hameed Khan Durrani in a massage has said that the observance of earth hour is particularly important for Pakistan in the backdrop of need for energy conservation and environmental protection.  Earth hour has been observed from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm in Balochistan ...

By: Staff Reporter QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan, Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri has said that forests are our assets and government is well aware about their importance, thus taking concrete measures for the protection of forests and environment. “Provincial Government would effectively implement National Policy for the protection of forests in the province,” he added.   He expressed these views in ...

By: Mir Behram Baloch Fatima Iqbal Khan, 35, is active youth and human rights activist. She has recently been honored with National Award for Human rights by president of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain for the best achievement.  She is one of the activists who drafted youth policy in 2014 for Environment, Sports & Youth Affairs Department Government of Balochistan; however, the ...

 By: Saeed Yousuf QUETTA:  Additional Chief Secretary (Planning & Development Department) Government of Balochistan, Dr. Umer Khan Baber, urged the development partners to look in-depth analysis of the nutrition’s indicators in the province. He said that while addressing to the consultative session organized by Scaling up Nutrition Cell Pakistan, World Food Program “ Fill the Nutrient Gap (FNG) Analysis Pakistan’’ ...

 QUETTA: Secretary Population Welfare Balochistan Noor ul Haq Baloch has said that population department is going to emerge as a key department in the province following the ongoing census. Speaking during an administrative conference of the Department held here at Director General Officer on Wednesday, he urged the role of the Population Department as a key department in curbing the mother ...