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Quetta: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Iftikhar Ahmed Baloch On the one hand the world is developing to the fastest pace the human civilization has ever witnessed on the other hand same is our pace towards decline, whether it is the social, educational or the infrastructural. Balochistan is the only place in region which is facing decline in all those walks of life which mark any area ...

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Census and Baloch Reservations in Presence of Afghan Refugees

By: Yousaf Ajab Baloch According to the decision of the Council of Common Interests (CCI), an inter-provincial body, the sixth population census would be conducted in March 2016 with the support of the armed forces in Pakistan, as was done during the 1998 census. However, the Baloch nationalist parties are keenly opposing the scheduled population census with the number of ...

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Illegal Seats in BMC Should be Cancelled: Baloch Doctor’s Forum

Aziz Ejaz Quetta: Counterfeit seats adjustment in Bolan Medical College is condemnable; the Illegal seats in Bolan Medical College (MBC) should be cancelled, this was demanded by Baloch Doctor’s Forum (BDF) on Sunday. A meeting of Baloch Doctor’s Forum was held which was chaired by Dr.Mujeeb Baloch.  The forum thoroughly discussed the issue of counterfeit seats adjustment in Bolan Medical College ...

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China Overseas Port Handling Company has Failed to Functionalize Gwadar Port

  Suleman  Hashim  Gwadar: China Overseas Port Handling Company (COPHC) has failed to functionalize Gwadar port. New deals have greatly affected trading activities of Gwadar port, the leadership of All Gwadar Shipping and Clearing Agents Association expressed their concerns in a press conference at Gwadar press club on Friday. President of All Gwadar Shipping and Clearing Agents Association(GSCAA),  Abdul Raheem ...

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Illegal Seats Allocation in Bolan Medical College

Dr. Dad Jan Bolan Medical College has always been counted among the colleges which only select the students on merit basis. It is the only medical college in Balochistan which provides education of medical sciences; however, recent news has marred its image desperately, as four illegal seats have been given to the sons and daughters of clerk’s working class and ...

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Empowering Youth through Education and Skills Development is key to Sustainable Development: UNHCR

Quetta: Empowering youth through education and skills development is key to stability and sustainable development, said UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner Mr. George Okoth-Obbo while speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the Women Technical Training Centre in Loralai district in Balochistan. UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner Mr. George Okoth-Obbo stressed the need for concerted efforts by all stakeholders to empower youth through education and ...

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Plight of Baloch Students

Yasmeen Baloch Every one has idea about the shortcomings and limited facilities in educational system and institutions in Balochistan, where students are deprived of facilities in schools, neither good watering system is available nor good teachers. We always see in Balochi News Channel showing thousands of problems in Balochistan and highlighting the educational issues too.  The talent of Balochs cannot ...

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BHC Approves Hearing of Saqiba Suicide Case after a Protest by her Family Members

Sami Parvez Quetta:   The family members of Saqiba Hakeem held a sit-in protest in Quetta demanding Balochistan High Court (BHC) for hearing her suicide case, on Wednesday. According to the details  family members of Saqiba ,  a 17 years teenage girl student of Government Girls Degree College, Muslim Bagh ,Killa Saifullah district  who had committed suicide  after the college principal refused ...

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MoU Signed for Improving Nutritional Status of Women and Children

Mir Behram Baloch  Quetta: Peoples Primary Health Care Initiative (PPHI) Balochistan will provide services at facility level and support Balochistan Nutrition Programme for mothers and children to improve nutritional status of mothers and children in the province. This was agreed under the MoU signed between Nutrition Program Balochsitan and Peoples Primary Health Care Initiative (PPHI) Balochistan on Tuesday here in ...

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First Washington-Based, Balochistan-Specific Think-Tank Established

Washington D.C : The Balochistan Institute, a think-tank exclusively dedicated to Balochistan has been established in the United States, announced the founder of the Balochistan Institute based in Washington D.C. Malik Siraj Akbar, the founder and the president of the think-tank.  The Balochistan Institute is the first initiative in United States which has been launched with the goal to improve ...

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