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Quetta – Former Federal Minister and chief of Rind tribe, Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind is the most sought-after politician in Balochistan. Yar Muhammad Rind served as Federal Minister during 2002-07 when he was a part of PML-Q. During 2008-13, Mr. Rind was Member of Provincial Assembly from his home town of Kachi but he was politically marginalized due to his ...

Quetta – A program was held in Bolan Medical Collage (BMC) to celebrate international mother language’s day on Saturday. 21st February is observed as international day for mother Languages worldwide.  This day marks the contribution of Bengali students who sacrificed their lives for the very purpose of preserving their mother tongue .In order to pay tribute to those students, UNESCO ...

Quetta – As senate elections are approaching, the attempts by the candidates of senate elections to buy votes in Balochistan have intensified. Polls for senate elections will take place on 5th March in Balochistan assembly where 65 members will elect 12 senators. Scrutiny of nomination papers was completed by election commission yesterday. 38 out of 42 nomination papers were approved ...

Quetta – Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif during his visit to Quetta announced different development packages for Balochistan amounting to Rs. 35 billion. Nawaz Sharif announced Rs. 5 billion for development of Quetta city. These funds would be spent on developing roads, improving sanitation system and cleaning services in the city. Rs. 30 billion were announced by PM to construct ...

Quetta – Two day visit of Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif disrupted life in Quetta city and caused huge deal of inconvenience to people. PM Nawaz Sharif was in Quetta from 18th to 19th February. He chaired a meeting of Apex committee of Balochistan and also attended Passing out parade of Anti-Terrorist Force of Balochistan. All the routes leading from ...

Author:  Arshad Jan Marri Structure of Health Department: The Health Sector of Pakistan is managed jointly by the Federal Ministry of Health and Provincial Health Ministry of respective province. Constitutionally Health is a devolved subject under the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 promulgated on April 19, 2010. Under these legislative amendments provinces have the right to run their health sector ...

Interview by Adnan Aamir Abdul Rahim Zafar was born in Gwadar district. He was the general secretary of Baloch Students Organization (BSO) in 1968 when the first spilt in the organization took place. He has written two books titled “Sang-e-Larzan” and “Azadi ka Safar.” The Balochistan Point conducted a short interview with Abdul Rahim Zafar about the burning issue of ...

Quetta – Members of civil society and Political activists held a sit-in on western bypass against attempted land grabbing of Jabal-e-Noor graveyard, on Saturday. Protestors alleged that Land Mafia in collusion with Quetta Development Authority and District Administration is attempting to grab the land of Jabal-e-Noor graveyard in pretext of Shifting Spini Road Bus stand. Balochistan High court has ordered ...

Quetta – An mysterious group calling itself ‘Shura-e-Fidayaan Islam has threatened to attack Quetta Press Club (QPC) if Christian members of the club are not expelled. A threatening letter was received by QPC on Saturday by a group called ‘Shura-e-Fidayaan Islam. The Letter alleged that four Christian members of QPC are involved in propagation of Christianity. Letter warned the QPC ...

Quetta – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has confirmed the Muree power sharing agreement under which National Party and PML-N will occupy the office of Chief Minister of Balochistan for a period of two and half years each. Prime Minister made this confirmation in answer to a question of a journalist during the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) ceremony held ...