Balochistan

Adnan Aamir Last time I checked Pakistan was a federation of four provinces. However, the current federal government of Pakistan apparently only considers Punjab to be Pakistan. When the incumbent federal government came into power it was called a Punjab-centric government from the outset. The 51 agreements signed between China and Pakistan, or more accurately Punjab, have proved beyond any ...

Adnan Aamir On April 12, recruitment tests for vacancies in the education department of Balochistan started. These tests are being conducted by the National Testing Service in all districts of Balochistan. According to Saleem Kurd, coordinator of the NTS in Balochistan, over 100,000 people have applied for 4,200 vacancies in the education department. All these vacancies are for small-scale jobs ...

Quetta – Complete shutter down strike was observed in Quetta city against alleged changes in route of China-Pak Economic Corridor (CPEC), on Wednesday. Awami National Party (ANP), JUI-F, JUI-N, JUI-S, Hazara Democratic Party (HDP) and different traders associations had called for shutter down strike. Strike was observed to protest the change in route of CPEC which has allegedly been shifted ...

Quetta – Major part of center of Quetta was shut down due to arrival of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Quetta, on Tuesday. Prime Minister visited Quetta to condole the death of Nawabzada Talal Akbar Bugti who passed away last week. Prime Minister Landed in Quetta on 2:00 PM and left the city at 3:45 PM, aviation sources told The ...

Quetta – 15 billion rupees are missing from annual development funds of Balochistan government, revealed Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch, Chief Minister (CM) in Balochistan Assembly, on Sunday. According to details, Rs. 15 billion of annual development budget of Planning and Development (P&D) department has been issued without approval. There is no record of where this huge amount of money was ...

Educational crisis in Balochistan has never been as serious as it is during the current educational emergency. It is disappointing to reveal that matriculate students of Kharan have not yet received their books from government. Matric classes started from 1st of April this year. Currently 1500 hundred students are enrolled in high schools of Kharan. Majority of them belong to ...

Transporters in Quetta city are on strike since 20th April. For more than two weeks, passengers that want to travel to Quetta from interior Balochistan are facing a great deal of misery. Reason for this strike is that Balochistan government is hell bent on shifting all bus stands to Hazar Gunji, a suburb located 32 KM out of Quetta city. ...

Quetta – Sardar Akhtar Mengal, former Chief Minister of Balochistan and Chief of Balochistan National Party (BNP) offered 100 acres of land free of cost for establishment of University in Wadh. He made this announcement using twitter on 30th April. Willing to give 100 acres of land FREE in Wadh for any govt official to build an university. Volunteers can contact ...

Quetta – Despite the imposition of educational emergency by Balochistan government, schools in Mastung district are waiting for study materials for 2 months. Government sends study materials to every government school before the begging of March every year. Study materials include, books, note books, charts, slates laboratory material etc. In normal cases the study material reached the schools with delay ...

Quetta – Awami National Party (ANP) claimed that China-Pak Economic Corridor (CPEC) will be another Kalabagh Dam project if its original route was changed, on Tuesday. ANP held a major political rally at Railway Hockey stadium Quetta, on Tuesday. Leaders of ANP including its provincial chief Asghar Khan Achakzai, Dr. Inayatullah and Zamaruk Khan Achakzai spoke at the rally. “Shifting ...