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Quetta – The province of Balochistan is once again passing through another serious phase of drought which is fast affecting livestock and agriculture which are the mainstay of economy of the province. “Over 20 to 25 percent livestock perished only in Noshki district of Balochistan and the situation of livestock is becoming more serious in Khuzdar, Kharan and others districts ...

Quetta – Non-stop rainfall on Saturday swept away the claims of Balochistan government to transform Quetta into little Paris. Rainfall started on midnight of Saturday and continued for 20 hours without any break. In aftermath of the rainfall, roads of Quetta presented the picture of foul smelling drains. Jinnah Road, center of Quetta city was completely taken over by the ...

Adnan Aamir Amid much controversy, Senate elections took place in Pakistan. Raza Rabbani from Pakistan People’s Party was elected Chairman Senate for a term of three years. Abdul Ghafoor Haideri of JUI-F was elected Deputy Chairman Senate. Pakistani media praised the unopposed election of Raza Rabbani but Balochistan was once again ignored for the top slot in Senate. Senate is ...

Adnan Aamir The controversy over alterations in the route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is currently the major source of conflict between the federal government and the provinces. This conflict temporarily subsided because of the senate elections, but will resurface after the election of chairman of senate. Politicians from Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are vehemently protesting against the changes ...

Behram Baloch Quetta – Abroo old age home will become the first old house for homeless old age women in Quetta. A program was held in Quetta Press club on Saturday to share the details of the Abroo old age home with the press and public. USAID has provided financial grant of Rs. 5.319 million for Abroo through Small Grants ...

Sami Parvez On 11th February, I met with my brother Irfan Obaid to bid him farewell before embarking on my journey to Iran. I started my journey towards Iran in a rented car which I shared with another passenger. My fellow passenger was an Iranian citizen who was returning back to his hometown after conducting some official business in Pakistan. ...

Quetta – Pak primary girls school situated on Dr. Bano road has been closed down amid protests from civil society and legislators. Balochistan High Court had taken notice of the matter and asked government to submit a report on allegations of closing down the school to facilitate Land Mafia. Female members of Balochistan assembly protested against closure of the school ...

Bari Baloch Although being tremendously rich in mineral resources, having huge reserves of oil, gas copper, gold and a long coast, the fate of people of Balochistan awaits yet a big change. Sadly, Balochistan has remained invariably under the clutches of natural and man-made disasters. Despite the fact that Balochistan is a mineral rich province, the statistics say approximately 80 ...

Quetta – Two suspects were found dead in the custody of District Police Officer (DPO) Turbat on Tuesday. Saddam Baloch from Panjgur and Nasir Baloch from Turbat were arrested on suspicions of robbery on Monday night by police in Turbat. Both men were locked in guard room of DPO which is not an authorized detention center. On Tuesday morning dead ...

Sami Parvez We have to bring an education revolution in our society. Let’s break this trend which has been created by some unreasonable students who say that we can’t study at our home. When I asked them why? They replied that presence of T.V, mobile and computers at home makes it impossible to study. I say that they don’t know ...