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HYDERABAD:  Speakers at an international conference on CPEC here Wednesday called on the Sindh government and public sector universities to produce skilled manpower for mega projects being launched the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Presenting research papers on the second day of three-day international conference, they said the CPEC was a game changer for Pakistan and a key to the economic ...

By: Binoy Kampmark  These are the times where magnitude and size matters. Bombs in number with much heft and presence are being sought to root out those non-state jihadists of the Prophet, destructively maiming and killing all before them in the name of the next heavily drawn out cause. On Friday, United States armed forces busied themselves with dropping such ...

 By: Ejaz Magsi Upon the collapse of Soviet forces the Jihadi groups took the throne of Afghan in the shape of Taliban and Al-Qaeda. The misery was that these groups did not sit idle after war and they continued promoting their self-based style of Islamic principles in the region. Due to share of large border with Afghanistan, Balochistan is prone ...

By: Syed Anwar Zaib Plans for Pakistan-China Economic Cooperation (CPEC) in strategic spheres appear to have developed in the mid-2000s with the proposal to create an Economic Corridor from Gwadar in Balochistan to Kashgar in the Western Chinese province of Sinkiang. Two necessary conditions of the Corridor were and are development of the port at Gwadar and creating surface transport ...

QUETTA: Baloch Students Action Committee staged a demonstration in front of Quetta press club for opening of new Medical Colleges in Balochistan on Saturday.   Students chanted slogan against the tacit role of government.  Leader of BSAC during protest briefed media that the Govt is not interested in opening of new Medical Colleges. They said, :”Govt has been making shallow ...

By: Aziz Ejaz QUETTA: Baloch Students Action Committee has warned to expand the level of hunger strike if government continues to show negligence towards initiating classes in new medical colleges of the province. The students began the strike on 10th April and activists from social society, political parties, student organizations, doctor forums and students of various institutes visited the camp ...

ISLAMABAD: Balochistan government is taking steps for promotion of fisheries sector so that the province could be self-sufficient in production of white meat. An official of Balochistan Fisheries Department told media Quetta on Thursday that a project for construction of a Jetty and fish harbour at Damb area of Lasbela district is being executed at a cost of more than ...

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms, Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday said that Vision 2025 aimed to put Pakistan in top 25 economies by 2025. He said according to a study published recently, Pakistan would be amongst top 20 economies by 2030 and top 10 economies by 2050. He said that with the passage of time all the critics were ...

UNITED NATIONS:  Against the backdrop of almost two billion people around the world relying on sources of drinking-water contaminated with faeces, the United Nations has called on countries to “radically” increase investments in water and sanitation infrastructure not only to protect their populations from deadly diseases but also to ensure that they are able to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals ...

 By: Staff Reporter  QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan, Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri has categorically stated that no hurdles would be tolerated in achieving the set goals of cleaning Balochistan from polio virus. “We can’t afford to put the future of our children at stake at any cost and accountability of concerned officials would be made who shows indolence and laziness,” he ...