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By Jameel Jansheer Balochistan is  State’s largest province in terms of landmass, for sure is a golden land covering approximately a geographically area of 3, 42,505 square kilometers. Currently, both nationally and internationally it has gained significance for it is laden with precious minerals and large reservoirs of resources like Gold, Gas, Coal, Chromite, Copper and marbles. Land wise, it ...

Kech: The bullet riddled dead body of previously abducted activist of Baloch National Movement (BNM) was found dumped in Pidrak area of Kech region in Balochistan on Sunday. The dead body has been recognized of Naseem Baloch, who had been missing from the same region. Published in the Balochistan Point on April 6, 2014

Dera Bugti: Two persons have been abducted from Dera Bugti area of Balochistan on Saturday.   According to Baloch Republican Party Media Cell’s sources, a raid was carried out in Bugti Colony, Zafar Colony and in old Sui areas of Dera Bugti on Saturday night. Two brothers Husaaino Bugti and Hassan Bugti were abducted by forces during raids from Bugti ...

Basil Nabi Malik   VARIOUS international conventions see human rights as the bedrock of a better tomorrow. Although considered inalienable, such rights are often also enacted in domestic legislation for effective enforcement. This applies to Pakistan too, which has codified rights, and which offers redress against their infringement. And yet, Pakistan has an abysmal record in tackling rights violations. Human ...

 By Baghdad-Qais Qasim “Prime Minister Nori El Maliki, used the Independent committee special court resolutions   severely in exclusion his conceited dissenting PM, s.” said one of the Iraqi prominentopposed politicians accusing the Prime Minister to lead a coup against the democracy. “He knows how to control them, he didn’t even mentioned them, all bad works done by the Independent committee ...

Quetta – 03 April, 2014 – “Half of the settlements in Balochistan don’t have schools and government is aiming 300 new schools and upgrade 300 primary and 300 secondary schools in Balochistan, Balochistan today needs more emphasis on education sector and media should also follow suit”. This was stated by Advisor to Chief Minister for Education, Sardar Raza Mohammad Bareech, ...

QUETTA: At least three persons killed and two injured when armed men opened indiscriminate fire on a car in the Satellite Town area of Quetta today. According to the sources, some armed men entered into the Satellite Town area of Quetta, where they targeted and opened fire on the car, the indiscriminate   firing   killed   three people sitting  in the car ...

Quetta:  Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has congratulated newly elected body of Quetta District Bar Association. According to a statement issued here on Tuesday, the CM felicitated Malik Samandar Khan  Kasi Advocate  for becoming  President  of  Quetta  District Bar  Association  and  Muhammad Hasan Mengal , Secretary of the  bar.  He hoped that newly elected body of the Quetta ...

 Noor Ahmed Jugri Baloch  No doubt Balochistan is famous for its large territory and natural resources; however, it is backward in terms of education and advancements. Though much has been said regarding the enhancement of educational system, a little is done to deal with it. Moreover, it remains disheartening to reveal that there are 5000 schools that do not even ...

By Sumit Galhotra/CPJ Asia Program Research Associate Top of Form  Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif made a series of commitments to safeguard press freedom during a meeting with a CPJ delegation last week. Among them was a pledge to speak out in support of media freedom and against attacks on journalists, particularly in high-conflict areas like Baluchistan.  Baluchistan–Pakistan’s largest province by area–has been mired in ...