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Verification Rules Of BPSC: Making Life Difficult For Applicants

Quetta – New verification rules of Balochistan Public Service commission (BPSC) have made life difficult for the applicants, learnt The Balochistan Point. According to new rules of BPSC, candidates who want to apply for a job must get their educational testimonials verified form the issuing authority. Previously only those candidates were asked to verify their documents that had been selected ...

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Balochistan: Legislators Want To Remerge Levies Into Police

Quetta – Some legislators in Balochistan Assembly are lobbying to remerge Levies into Police, reported Jang Quetta. Chief Mister Dr. Malik Baloch and Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti are opposing the remerger of Levies into Police. Levies are a Tribal Policing force that that has jurisdiction in B areas of the provinces which form 90% land area of Balochistan. Proponents of ...

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Media And Ethics

Muhammad Masam Khan Freedom of media is considered important for democratic societies due to its role of information provider and watchdog. However, more freedom stresses to act more responsibly. In this regard, media ethics acts as important guidelines for journalists to self-regulate their behavior. After the implementation of more liberalized media policy in 2002, media in Pakistan has got more ...

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Turbat: Protest Against Attack On House Of NP Leader

Shoaib Durrazai Turbat – National Party (NP) and BSO-Pajjar Makran Zone held a protest against attack on the house of Dr. Yasin Baloch outside Turbat Press club, on Friday. Dr. Yasin Baloch is the secretary General of NP and his house in Turbat was attacked by unknown persons earlier this week. Protestors chanted slogans against the attack and termed it ...

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English As Medium Of Instruction In Government Schools

Sami Parvez English should be the medium of instruction in all the government schools. This would make it easy for the students of government schools to continue their studies after matriculation. In government schools, Urdu is the medium of instruction till class 10th. Therefore students that pass out form government schools have no commabd on English. All courses of colleges ...

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Letter: Price Hike In Turbat

Prices of goods of daily usage are increasing day by day in Turbat. Especially the prices of edible items are sky rocketing. Shopkeepers are increasing the prices of all products at their will and district administration is nowhere to be seen. Holy Month of Ramzan has started and the shopkeepers have started their exploitative practices with it. In civilized societies ...

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Letter: Target Killing In Islamabad

Islamabad the Capital city of Pakistan is well-known for its peace. Recently on 17th of June, two men were gunned down by unknown persons at 6 pm in I-10 sector of Islamabad. Peace is hard to find in our country now. Who is responsible for the killing two innocents, who were selling the fruit at I-10 Markaz? These brutal murders ...

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Karachi Youth Initiative: An Analysis

Hanif Dilmurad Karachi Youth Initiative (KYI) is a US funded organization. It has been engaged in Lyari, Sultanabad and Korangi areas since 2012 for promotion of Peace and prosperity, Countering violence and facilitating communication between different localities. Karachi is a city of twenty million people where every area has different mindset. Lack of interaction and communication makes residents of different ...

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Letter: Extension In Deadline By BPSC‏

Balochistan Public Service Commission (BPSC) has responded to the problems faced by candidates of the posts of Secondary school Teacher (S.S.T). BPSC has extended the deadline for submission of applications for said posts. This is a step in the right direction as candidates were facing enormous difficulties in getting their degrees verified in given time. Standing in long queues outside ...

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Letter: Lack Of Drinking Water In Suburbs Of Turbat

Water is the second most important thing for life on earth after oxygen. However everyone is not lucky to get access to drinking water. Gushtang, a town 2 kilometer away from Turbat city is facing acute scarcity of water. Weather is very hot in Turbat and that has resulted in increase in demand of water. Lack of availability of water ...

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