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KARACHI: After the East Pakistan tragedy, some communities in Pakistan are still being demonised with little attention being given to the Baloch population perhaps because it does not fetch electronic media good ratings, a national conference on media was informed on Wednesday. “We are still demonising communities yet no activism on the part of citizens is there. Balochistan represents one ...

Quetta: If the local bodies election process is not completed soon then the councilors can tender mass resignations, said All Parties democratic alliance (APDA) on Saturday. APDA is an alliance of all political parties of Balochistan that have contested local body polls in last December, excluding National Party (NP) and Pashtunkhaw Milli Awami Party (PKMAP). A meeting of APDA was ...

Quetta: Journalist community in Quetta has decided to close Quetta Press Club on Monday to mourn the killing of journalists in Quetta. Three journalists were killed in center of Quetta city by unknown assailants on 28th August. On Sunday, the protest by journalists against killing of their three colleagues, entered 10th day. In order to protest the killing of journalists, ...

Saher Baloch The area of Baleecha in Tump tehsil is eerily silent. Destroyed mud houses, schools and a virtually vacant bazaar are all that is left in one part of it, which just a week ago housed about 10,000 people. The one or two people on the street scurry away when I approach them. The first thing on the minds ...

Bari Baloch QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan, Dr Abdul Malik has vowed that the resources of Balochistan would be spent for the welfare of masses and the prime duty of his government is to serve the masses. Addressing tribal notables and political workers in Ziarat district on Saturday he said that in order to make Ziarat the hub of tourism the ...

By Yousaf Ajab Baloch Balochistan is being marked for increased violence against journalists   where more than 30 journalists have been killed or firstly abducted and later on killed and dumped while performing their profession. This has become an alarming situation for journalists. Balochistan has been transformed into a battlefield for journalist in order to prevent them from covering unabated human ...

Quetta: All the bus and coach stands that are situated inside Quetta city will be shifted to Hazar Gunji by 15th September, according to a statements issued by Quetta development Authority (QDA). A meeting was chaired, on Thursday, by Director General of QDA Noor Ahmad Pirkani. It was decided in that meeting to take stern action against the transporters who ...

Quetta: Activists of Balochistan National Party (BNP) protested against the target killings of Zikri community, journalists and military operations in Turbat, outside Quetta Press club on Wednesday. BNP activists in huge numbers chanted slogans against provincial government and security forces for their alleged involvement in attacks on Zikri community and journalist Irshad Mastoi. The protestors were carrying placards and banners ...

QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan, Dr Abdul Malik has said that elements involved in illegal distribution and allotment of lands in Gwadar are national criminals and they would be brought to justice. “Protection of coast and resources of Balochistan is our national responsibility,” he expressed these views while addressing Land ownership right distribution among 797 people in Ismail Ward stretching over ...

The political turmoil in Islamabad seems to have eclipsed all other crises in the country. Amongst these is the religious extremists’ assault on education in Balochistan, which is gaining ground. A school in Turbat, district Kech, was torched by an outfit calling itself ‘Al Jihad’ late on Monday. The militants left pamphlets in the area warning people not to send ...