Balochistan

Quetta: In order to materialize the vision of Chief Minister Balochistan, Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri, the Quetta Mass Transit Train System’s Phase- I would be completed in 2019. Work on this project is in full swing and after its completion it would provide economical and comfortable traveling facility to the masses. A meeting between Provincial Authorities and officials of two ...

By: Sanaullah Baloch During one hundred years of colonial rule in greater India and Balochistan, the British Raj constructed thousands of kilometres of railway lines, roads, bridges, airports, telegraph lines and strategic garrisons. The logic behind all this massive infrastructure investment was very clear: to maintain colonial rule, maximise exploitation and counter the Russian advance towards the warm waters of ...

By: Shehryar Lashari Balochistan is the largest province of the country in terms area but despite having immense riches of minerals as well as strategic importance, the infrastructure and human development conditions have been worse. The most terrible aspect of this backwardness has been the state of education. Literacy index speaks of it. Potential of youth goes untapped which makes ...

By: Our Staff Reporter Quetta: Local buses in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan are on strike for the last four consecutive days after they were barred entering their previous routes towards downtown. The strike of local buses that provide transportation facility to approximately half of the city populace, as only affordable source of transportation for the Quettaties within the ...

Quetta: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was in tears during his visit to injured police cadets in Balochistan. “He broke down into tears when he talked about his slain mother Benazir Bhutto.” Bilawal said that he was also a victim of terrorism. “My family and the people of Balochistan share the same pain. I am no ordinary ...

By: Mir Behram Baloch A week long youth capacity building and awareness programs organized by Pakistan – U.S. Alumni Network (PUAN) ended in Dalbandin with an Award distribution ceremony at Press Club Dalbandin. Earlier a two-day workshop for youth on “Role of youth and Sports in creation of a peaceful and drug free society was organized for High School Students ...

By: Hanif Dilmurad Lok Virsa Museum also known as Heritage Museum is located in Islamabad. It is run by the National Institute of Folk & Traditional Heritage. The Museum presents cultural heritage and life of people in Pakistan. The life and culture of different people are exhibited here in statues, pictures, pottery, music and textile work from different parts of ...

By: Sana Samad Once again Quetta became the victim of a terror attack. This time the target was Police Training College. 62 people were killed and around 140 wounded. Once the young cadets had completed their training, they were sent to their home towns but all of a sudden they called back. Now the question rises, why were they called ...

In the latest terrorist attack at Police Training College at least 61 security personnel were killed and more than 165 others were injured as heavily-armed militants wearing suicide vests stormed a police Training College. Home Minister of Balochistan Sarfraz Bugti informed media that three terrorists entered the Police Training College from the rare gate after martyring a watchman and held ...

By: Shereena Qazi The Pakistani city of Quetta, in Balochistan province, is once again in the news for large-scale violence: this time a police training centre has been targeted by fighters who killed at least 60 people, most of them police cadets. The attack late on Monday underlined the precarious security situation in Balochistan, which has witnessed repeated attacks against ...