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Quetta: The elected councilors of Quetta Metropolitan have given one week ultimatum to Balochistan Government to conduct elections of Mayor and Deputy Mayor and complete transfer of power to Local bodies. A meeting of Quetta Metropolitan Councilors was held on Tuesday which was jointly chaired by Jamal Langove and Sarwar Khan Bazai. A sit-in will be held outside Chief Minister ...

Quetta: The construction work on Sariab flyover is still incomplete after passing of four years. This reflects height of incompetence and apathy of Federal as well as Balochistan government. The delay in construction of this project has caused severe disruption in Traffic and people suffer a lot of inconvenience on daily basis. Traffic jams have become a norm in the ...

QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan, Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has said that Afghan war and the international policy towards Jihad had spoiled the peace of the world. He said eradication of extremism was associated with poverty and unemployment, adding that better ties between Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran were in the interest of this region and all three countries. He expressed these ...

Syed Ali Shah As firing across the Line of Control (LoC) continues, tensions at Pakistan’s other border are gradually boiling over. Recent violations on the part of Iranian border guards have undermined relations between Pakistan and Iran with each side blaming the other for the flare up. Iranian claims of the existence of militants in Pakistan’s territory and the latter’s ...

Quetta: A devastating road accident has killed 11 people and wounded 31 when a passenger bus collided with a truck in Lasbela, on Monday. A Karachi bound coach travelling from Quetta collided with a truck when it tried to overtake another coach in Uthal area of Lasbela district, according to Police sources. Rescue and security official rushed to the scene ...

HUB: At least eight labourers who had been abducted on last Saturday, have been found dead within the remits of Sakran district, Balochistan on Sunday. “Nine labourers were abducted on Saturday night by unidentified armed men from a poultry farm near Lung Lohar area. Bodies of eight of them have been found today, while the remaining one is recovered in ...

GWADAR: Gwadar Youth Forum Campaign has demanded the Supreme Court to take Suo Moto Action against Illegal Recruitments of Employees in Gwadar.  Gwadar Youth Forum with a number of unemployed youth demonstrated on Sunday, in a camp protesting for the right to employment for the educated and skilled youth of Gwadar. Getting unnoticed persistently by the government of Balochistan, GYF ...

Sanaullah Baloch During the 16th and 17th centuries European explorers’ greed to discover El Dorado – ‘The Lost City of Gold’ – ended up wiping out entire generations of Native Americans. Coupled with technological superiority, gold-greedy Spanish conquistadors used lethal diseases against natives such as smallpox, chicken pox, diphtheria, typhus, influenza, measles, malaria and yellow fever. The natives lacked immunity ...

Shezad Baloch QUETTA: A Frontier Corps (FC) soldier was killed and three others were critically wounded by unprovoked firing by Iranian border guards inside Pakistani territory in Tehsil Mand area – a town bordering Pakistan with Iran. “A soldier embraced martyrdom and three other personnel were wounded,” a spokesperson said in a statement issued on Friday evening. “The FC personnel ...

Mariyam Mohammed Suleman “I raise my voice not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard.” Malala’s words often enlighten a hope for the deprived yet courageous girls around the world. Today, we find three different reactions on birth of a girl child around the globe; the first type of reaction is when ...