Balochistan

Quetta – Anti-polio drive in Balochistan will start from tomorrow, September 14th, in 32 districts aimed at administering drops to over 2.4 million children below the age of five years, announced Rehmat Saleh Baloch, Minister Health Balochistan. Addressing a press conference on Sunday, Rehmat Baloch has said that “Provincial government is taking all necessary measures to improve the quality of ...

Quetta – Legal action is awaited against a fake recruitment Ad published in local newspaper of Quetta on 6th September. Balochistan Point had reported on 7th September that a Fake ad was published to deceive unemployed youth to send thousands of rupees to bank accounts as application fee. Civil Society of Balochistan has submitted an application against the Fake ad ...

Raza Baloch History of Urdu language, began to take shape during the Delhi Sultanate (1206-1526 AD) but it was made functional during the Mughal period (1526- 1858). Urdu as an official language has already faced many controversies since the 19th century such as Hindi-Urdu dispute. Pakistan since its genesis was confronted with many challenges; Massacre of Muslim Refugees in India, ...

Adnan Aamir Quetta – In an act that tantamount to irresponsible journalism, several media outlets have misreported the extension of Afghan refugees in Pakistan. On 22nd August 2015, a tripartite meeting took Place between UNHCR and government of Pakistan and Afghanistan. In that meeting Afghan government requested for extension of stay of Afghan refugees, which is expiring in December 2015, for ...

Adnan Aamir Quetta – National Highway Authority (NHA) has turned down the requests of district administration of Kech to realign m8 motorway to save potential wildlife sanctuary at Talar. M8 Motorway, which connects Gwadar with Ratodero via Turbat, Hoshab, Awaran and Khuzdar, will pass through Talar, a picnic point and potential wildlife sanctuary. Deputy Commissioner of Kech, Mr. Mumtaz, wrote ...

Gwadar – Students of Gwadar Development Authority (GDA) Public Higher Secondary School protested against the unjust policies and the misconduct of principal and a few teachers due to which a number of skilled teachers are resigning. Students protested against the resignations of their most skilled teachers and refused to attend the classes, on Tuesday. Skilled teachers of GDA School are ...

Adnan Aamir Quetta – Around 3,000 students took the streets to protest against controversial result of Intermediate exams declared by Balochistan Board of Intermediate and Secondary education (BBISE), on Monday. Intermediate result declared by BBISE on Saturday shocked everyone because only 28.68 percent candidates were declared successful. Result became controversial from the outset due to errors in marks of hundreds ...

Adnan Aamir Quetta – Civil society of Balochistan demands legal actions against the perpetrators of a fake requirement advertisement published in local news paper of Quetta. Yesterday a recruitment advertisement was published on page 3 of Jang Quetta edition. Recruitment ad invited job applications for 9 different positions in American Institute of Oil and Gas Technology (AIOGT). Interestingly, recuitment ad ...

Sami Parvez Quetta – Students who had taken Intermediate exams have severely criticized Balochistan Board of Intermediate and Secondary education (BBISE), in aftermath of the result.   BBISE announced Intermediate result on 5th September and only 28.68 percent of stands were declared pass. Out of 26,883 candidates that appeared in exams only 7,710 candidates were declared successful. Out of 26,883 ...

Barkatullah Baloch Gwadar – 1st September is the day when Gwadar Youth Forum (GYF) came in to being. Three years back from now, on first of September 2012, the dream of an organization like GYF became a reality. The founders of GYF include author, Arif Noor, Ibrahim Faraz and Sabir Hayat. Later a few more hardworking and sincere youth like ...