Opinion

By Shireen Gul QUETTA: Balochistan Government had unveiled Rs 215 billion deficit budget with minimum available details about the Provincial Budget, as the budget documents were denied to the Media considering it secret from the people and media for the second consecutive fiscal year. The media is reporting the Provincial Budget from the speech of the Adviser to the Chief ...

By Sherry Ricchiardi The tall, lanky reporter brushed away tears as he described the mangled bodies and anguished cries for help.  Shell-shocked survivors wandered aimlessly in the rubble left in the wake of a suicide bombing. Minutes after medics, police and the media rushed to the scene, a second explosion shook the neighborhood.  The reporter watched in stunned silence as ...

By Adnan Aamir Balochistan is the most ignored province of Pakistan in every walk of life. It grabs media attention mostly on those issues which are important for the ruling elite of Pakistan. Such issues range from the appointment of Arsalan Iftikhar at an important position to the installation of coal fired power plants in Balochistan that will produce electricity ...

By Aziz Ullah Kakar Since the end of Cold War, countless changes have transpired leading to transformation of landscape at global and regional levels. The disintegration of USSR was a huge blow to the leftist discourse throughout the world, weakening extensively revolutionary and anti-status quo passions among the people. In this sort of society where we live in, it’s thoroughly ...

By Rahimullah Yusufzai As someone who was uncompromising in his views and steadfast in his outlook, Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri would not have liked a state-owned plane sent by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to fly his body from Karachi to Quetta for burial. Also, he may not have wanted to be buried in New Kahan, the settlement for the displaced ...

By Adnan Aamir A lot of books have been written about Balochistan. Most of them were about politics or tribal society and in Urdu Pre-dominantly. There has not been much work about Economics of Balochistan and that in English. Balochistan: It’s Politics and Economics is a unique book in sense that it focuses on economic situation of Balochistan. This book ...

By Naseebullah Quetta was designed as a small city by British in late 19th Century. Quetta was designed to cater to the needs of 100,000 people only.  In 1951 its population was 199,735 and according to estimates the population of Quetta was 1.3 million in 2012. Quetta is the only major urban city in entire Balochistan. People from every nook and ...

By Yousaf Kakar The invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 by the red army, did not only bring changes in political and social sphere of Afghanistan but as well as in adjacent tribal areas (FATA), meanwhile it also badly tarnished the notion of Pashutnwali. The invasion by the Red army attracted the fanatical Muslims of the world to Afghanistan in order ...

By Noor Ahmed Jugri Baloch Balochistan remains a distinctive region in all respects. It covers the largest share of the territory. A land replete with rich natural resources and its elite cultural heritage and the civilization are worth mentioning. The land of Baloch possesses number of distinguished characteristics be it strategic or geological significance. However, it is worth mentioning to ...

By Adnan Aamir Political history of Pakistan has always been marred with crisis. The period of political stability has always been short lived. Incumbent government led by Nawaz Sharif has been dealing with one crisis after another and the political crisis seems to be unending. Presently, the Nawaz government faces threats from two fronts; Imran Khan and Tahir ul Qadri. ...