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New York, April 19, 2014­–The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the continuing violence directed at journalists in Pakistan. Geo News senior anchor Hamid Mir today was shot three times soon after he and his driver left Karachi’s main airport, according to media reports. The driver was not wounded. “The attack on Hamid Mir is an indicator that the government ...

By Robyn Sundlee Three months ago, a mass grave was discovered in Pakistan. More than 100 bodies were found in three different pits, decomposed beyond recognition. These casualties were not products of the war on terror or religious strife, as many might be quick to assume. Rather, they were victims of pure persecution. This is just the latest in a gruesome ...

Kalat: The murderers and culprits involved in rape and killing two teenaged girls in Kalat district of Balochistan have not been arrested even after four months of the incident, Said Victim’s parents Talking to the Balochistan Point the parents Allah Bux Bangulzai and M.Yakoob Dehwar, appealed Chief Justice Balochistan High Court Mr. Justice Fahiz Essa to take Sue Moto notice ...

  President Mamnoon Hussain on Tuesday at his arrival in Quetta said that the federal government was putting serious efforts to resolve Balochistan issues on priority. He also said that   positive changes could be   witnessed in Balochistan. He added that all the problems faced by Balochistan would be resolved and the situation would improve soon. The president, along with Federal ...

Education is the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty. Undoubtedly, all the provinces of Pakistan are lack   quality education but Balochistan is the most deprived one.  According to Pakistan Economic Survey of 2012-2013, the education ratio of Balochistan is 46 percent, in this 65 percent of them are male and 23 percent of them are female which shows the ...

No one can deny the fact that most of the people in Balochistan are living under the poverty line. When they became disease affected, they die due to poverty in rural areas of the of the resource rich province. Once I have visited the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital Islamabad, which has Social Welfare Department and it is ...

SIBBI: At least 15 people were killed and 35 injured in a powerful explosion in one of the bogies of Jaffar Express near Sibbi Railway Station Tuesday. The explosion occurred in one of the bogies when it was at Sibbi Railway Station. The explosion affected three bogies of the train. Federal Minister for Railways Khwaja Saad Rafique confirmed the death ...

Mir Behram Baloch When the British ruled, they were actually respected and liked by much of the local people. This comes out in a verse written by a poet who spoke of Sir Robert Sandeman: “Sandeman Sahib is the friend of us all/ he gives us money to have nose-rings made/all our jewelry is made of gold/and if we have no gold ...

QUETTA: The Spokesperson of the Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan, has claimed that FC lodged an operation in Parod mountain of district Kalat over the presence of militants there. In the conducted search operation over 30 militants were killed, while 10 security men were also injured.  According to details, FC troops along with Kalat Scouts operated in the vicinity and attacked ...

By Banuk Horaan Baloch  The vast mountainous desert region in Pakistan’s southwest is known as Balochistan, or Land of the Baloch. Covering 347,190 square kilometers, Balochistan constitutes 44% of Pakistan’s total landmass. In the North and Northwest lies the Durand line, dividing Balochistan and Afghanistan. To the West is the Iranian border, and in the North & East is the Indus ...