Balochistan

Interview by Yousaf Ajab Baloch Gul Khan Naseer is a Ph.D. scholar; doing is Ph.D. in Development Studies. He holds Masters degree in Social Work and Rural Development and has been working as a development professional and human rights activist for last 15 year in different parts of the country and posses a rich experience. He is the winner of ...

Quetta: Young Urdu poetess and fiction writer Amrit Murad died of Cancer today morning in Quetta. Shaida Jabeen, known as Amrit  Murad was recently hospitalized at Bolan Medical Complex Hospital (BMCH) at Oncology department. Amrit was wife of well-known Urdu and Brahui Poet Afzal Murad, Director Academy Adbiaat  Balochistan. She was enrolled as M.Phil scholar at Urdu department, University of ...

Mariyam Suleman At the height of all sorts of crisis in the Balochistan, youth drive change making positive use of internet. In 2009, Zia Khan a resident of Quetta, 29 back then mobilized youth through social media setting incomparable examples of community service not only for his underdeveloped home province but for the entire region. Driven by self-motivation, he first ...

Quetta:   Approximately 463 people from Balochistan forcefully disappeared while 157 mutilated bodies were found in 2015 from Balochistan, Chairperson of Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) Nasrullah Baloch along with the family members of missing persons alleged while presiding conference here in Quetta Press Club on Friday. They said that according to the relatives of missing persons, Human Rights Organizations ...

Adnan Aamir Quetta : Consultative workshop held in Quetta Press Club emphasized on formulation of effective disaster risk reduction plans for Balochistan, on Thursday. Consultative workshop was held by Civil Society Balochistan and Health and Nutrition Society (HnNuts) in collaboration with Action Aid and Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA). Zahid Mengal, executive director of Azat Foundation, discussed the disaster prone situation ...

Adnan Aamir Quetta : Candidates appearing in recruitment tests of Balochistan Public Service Commission (BPSC) have decried the new verification rules. Justice (R) Mehta Kailash Nath Kohli after being appointed as Chairman of BPSC changed the verification rules and made it mandatory for candidates to verify all their official and academic certificates from the issuing bodies. Previously, only those candidates were ...

Adnan Aamir Quetta: Technocrats of Planning and Development (P&D) department of government of Balochistan have protested against the meddling of bureaucrats in posts which are reserved for technocrats, on Tuesday. Cancellation of recently advertised four posts of Assistant Chief of Section is termed as instance of unfair meddling in P&D departments by technocrats. P&D department is one of the most important ...

Adnan Aamir Quetta – Newly proposed private education regulation bill was debated in a public forum held in Quetta Press Club, on Wednesday. Public forum was conducted by Azat Foundation and HARD with collaboration of Action Aid and Education Network Balochistan. Those who addressed the forum include Shah Jahan Baloch Action Aid Program Manager, Zahid Mengal Executive Director Azat Foundation ...

Adnan Aamir Quetta – Nawab Sanaullah Zehri took oath as 22nd Chief Minister (CM) of Balochistan, on Thursday. Governor Balochistan Muhammad Khan Achakzai took oath from Nawab Zehri in a ceremony held in Governor House on Thursday evening. Earlier in the day, Nawab Zehri was elected CM unopposed when no one filed nomination papers opposed to him in session of Balochistan ...

Adnan Aamir Quetta – 2nd Session of Joint Working Group Meeting of Parliamentarians and Civil Society Organizations was held under the auspices of Democracy Reporting International (DRI) in office of local organization in Jinnah Town Quetta, on Wednesday evening. DRI has established a Joint Working group with collaboration of Women Caucasus of Balochistan Assembly and Civil Society Organizations. First session ...