Opinion

By: Afshain Afzal Can NATO or US, even think for a while losing an important strategically located ally like Turkey? If we recall, it was 10 October 2016, when Turkish and Russian leadership met in Istanbul and signed historic strategic agreements to jointly combat terrorism and find new avenues for economic prosperity. The two leaders not only signed a joint ...

By: Bakhtiyar Baloch It is estimated that Balochi speakers are more than 20 million and most of them reside in Pakistani Balochistan, Iranian Balochistan, and Afghanistan and other parts of the Asia and Europe. They have got different dialects of Balochi speaking living in different areas with sheer assimilation of Balochi culture, traditions, strong devotion and love for Balochi. There ...

By: Sanaullah Samad The global crisis of violence against women and girls is widespread. All over the world, one in three women experience domestic abuse, sexual violence or some other forms of violence in her lifetime. From sexual harassment to child marriage or so-called honor killing, violence devastates the lives of millions of women around the world and fractures communities. ...

By: Zeeshan Nasir The Houbara bustards which is also known as Mac Queen’s bustard or Asian bustard is commonly known all over the world especially in Pakistan, where it has already been placed in the endangered species list. In the 1970s, the Houbara bustard was, also abundant in the oil-rich Arab states but unfortunately, the bird was hunted near-extinction because ...

By: Khadija Kurd No doubt, Balochistan is the most neglected and remote region of Pakistan but it is rich in its natural resources and beauty. Almost Balochistan has 556 resources but still Baloch are poor because, these resources are taken from the Baloches and given others. Today Baloch are backward in the field of education and waiting for sun to ...

By: Sana Samad Water pollution is creating major threats to the public health. Pakistan is included among the most dangerous countries where people do not have access to safe water. It ranks at 80th number among 122 countries in the world. Most of the citizens still do not have water to drink. The people are compelled to buy toxic water ...

By: Mir Ibrahim Regi Mir Gul Khan is was a prominent politician, poet, historian, and journalist from Balochistan, Born on 14 May 1914 in Noshki. Gul Khan Nasir was at the forefront of the Baloch Nationalist Movement and was most active between 1935 to 1980. Gul Khan made his first appearance in the realm of literature in the early 1940s ...

By: Shoaib Durrazai Advocate Shaheed Chakar Khan Rind was one of the victims of recent suicide attack in Quetta in which more than 70 people including lawyers, media men, and civilians were killed and more than one hundred people were injured on 8th of August. The suicide attack at Civil Hospital came hours after unidentified gunmen killed president of Balochistan ...

By: Zakir Qadir I got my journalism degree from University of Balochistan in 2012 but I possessed the enthusiasm in journalism from childhood. Even I did not know that journalism is taught as a discipline, I just wanted my write-ups to appear in newspapers and magazines. I wrote many pieces but never dared to send them to any paper having ...

EDITORIAL — Dawn FOUR months after he ‘disappeared’, Wahid Baloch has been reunited with his family. The social activist, writer and small-scale publisher is believed to have been detained by unidentified security officials on July 26 on the outskirts of Karachi, setting off a frightening, though wearingly familiar, process of recovery for his shocked family. Local police initially refused to ...