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Quetta –   Local government in Quetta, headed by Mayor has failed to provide immediate relief to the citizens of Quetta. After a gap of more than 5 years, Local government in Quetta took power in month of January this year. Since coming to power, Local government administration of Quetta has created more trouble rather than providing relief to people of ...

Quetta – Ruling National Party (NP) has set new records of corruption and bad governance in the province, said opposition leader in Balochistan assembly, Molana Abdul Wasay through his spokesman. “In the past National Part used to hold its congress session using donations and now they hold their sessions in five stat hotels of Quetta and Karachi,” said spokesman of ...

Quetta – Mysterious negotiations taking place between Balochistan government and Tethyan Copper Company (TCC) have put serious question marks on the transparency of any potential Rekodiq deal. Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch along with his entourage is out of country for more than 10 days to negotiate an out of court settlement with TCC concerning Rekodiq deal. TCC was extracting gold ...

Quetta – President of Awami National Party (ANP), Asfandyar Wali Khan has stated that people of Balochistan will be the biggest victim if Pakistan army is sent to take part in Yemen war. Addressing ANP provincial working committee meeting in Peshawar, Asfandyar Wali said that people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are still paying for interference of Pakistan in Afghan war in ...

Meer Khan Since inception of Pakistan, Minorities have been treated as inferior citizens. Few days ago, Police arrested Hindu students who were celebrating their religious festival in Jam Shoro, Sindh. After reading that news, several question popped up in my mind that why they were arrested? What was their crime or whether a new amendment has been made in constitution ...

Quetta – Kacchi Canal project is economic backbone of Balochistan, said Mir Jan Muhammad Buledi, Spokesman Chief Minister Balochistan, on Tuesday. Mr. Buledi made these comments at a workshop held in Quetta Press Club about Kacchi Canal project. Workshop was conducted by Mehrdar institute with the support of Action Aid. “Provincial government is trying it’s best to ensure that Kacchi ...

Adnan Aamir Balochistan is all set to face a harsh drought in the coming months. Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has stated that 29 out of 32 districts of Balochistan are affected by drought. Primary reason for drought in Balochistan is that fewer rainfalls took place last year. The drought in Balochistan has the potential to cause a human catastrophe ...

Interview by Adnan Aamir Pak Voices is a community-run news website that aims to bring greater transparency and accountability to governance in marginalized regions of Pakistan by highlighting the most pressing local issues which are ignored by mainstream Media. Pak Voices has started its operations from South Punjab and Makran belt of Balochistan. The Balochistan Point spoke with Mr. Osama ...

Durra Khan University of Turbat (UOT) is playing a vital role in educating Baloch of Makran belt. It won’t be our erroneous belief if we say that UOT is a change of agent. The role of administration and teachers can’t be denied in transforming sub-campus of University of Balochistan into a separate university. The greatest thing about university is that ...

Adnan Aamir Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) is the largest telecommunication company in the country. It also happens to be the largest internet service provider in Pakistan. In 2006, PTCL was privatized and since then a lot of things have improved for the company. Unfortunately, delivery of proper internet services to Balochistan is not among them. PTCL is the only ...