Balochistan

By: Malik Siraj Akbar It is not easy to make a name for yourself if you are the granddaughter of the legendary Baloch leader Prince Abdul Karim. (Prince Karim, the brother of the Khan of Kalat, had waged the first rebellion against the State of Pakistan in 1948 to resist Balochistan’s accession with Pakistan). It is hard to establish an ...

By: Shoaib Durrazai Karachi: One of the finest strikers for Pakistan women’s football team, Shahlyla Ahmadzai Baloch passed away in a car accident late on Wednesday night in Karachi. According to the family sources, Shahlyla Baloch was sitting in the passenger seat when the accident occurred in Karachi’s DHA Phase VIII area. She was daughter of senator of Ex-Minsiter Aga ...

By: Ahmed Korar Naseerabad: Despite tall claims of education emergency in Balochistan the condition of Government Middle school Korar in Chattar remains poor as it was. The school was damaged in an attack by a militant organization but after three years the building is still in the same position. Government Middle School Korar has no building boundary wall clean drinking ...

By: Mariyam Suleman During the hot and humid summer of 2013, I had the opportunity to visit my native village of “Beelar, Kulach” roughly 85 kilometers from Gwadar. Right after ten kilometers from Gwadar city-center, one would find nothing but barren plains, arid road sides, sandy winds and an open sky that somehow flows in my eyes with light clouds ...

By: Aurang Zaib Human Society is like a bird with two striking wings which make the bird to look beautiful. Respectively the wings of a human society are male and female who make the society beautiful and contribute to meet the society with progress, innovation and development. Therefore, one of the most primary reasons of the economic crises and institutional ...

Quetta: At least 7 passengers were dead and 20 others injured when a blast ripped through the Rawalpindi bound Jaffar Express in Mach area of Bolan on Friday morning. The train carrying 375 passengers departed from Quetta Railway station at 09:00am when after crossing Mach the explosive device planted on the railway track exploded with a huge bang. According to ...

Quetta: The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice, Awnar Zaheer Jamali has directed for formation of Judicial Commission to be headed by the Judge of Supreme Court to conduct probe into August 8 Quetta Civil Hospital carnage . A larger bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice, Justice, Awnar Zaheer Jamali and comprising Justice, Ameer Muslim Hani and Justice ...

Quetta: Women rights defender and political activist from Balochistan, Shazia Ahmed Langove has been selected as cabinet member of South Asian Women Alliance for Pakistan. South Asian Women Alliance for Pakistan works for Women rights. It has representatives from all across Asia. Each South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) country has selected 11 members. A selection process from all ...

Quetta: Four Hazara women were killed when unidentified assailants opened fire on a bus in the Pud Gali Chowk of provincial capital  on Tuesday. The bus was traveling to Hazara town when it came under attack by unidentified assailants. The law enforcement personnel and rescue teams rushed to the incident location. Police and Frontier Corps personnel cordoned off the area. The dead ...

Islamabad: Chief Minister of Balochistan, Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri, said it would be a great honour for students from Balochistan to be able to study at a prestigious institution like COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), which has recently been been ranked at the top position among all universities of Pakistanby The Times Higher Education World University Rankings (2016-17), U.K. ...