By: Aziz Ejaz During fifteenth and sixteenth centuries the European nations showed very curious moves for exploration of overseas trade and their supremacy in distant seas and lands, resultantly in 15the century the first king of Portugal decided to send a naval mission under the supervision of Vasco Da Gama, an explorer and first Admiral of the Seas, who was ...
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The Dilemma and Disparities of Democracy
By: Anwar Zaib Philosophical foundation of democracy rests on the notions of popular sovereignty, participatory governance and the rule with consents. The power to form the change a government lies with the citizens who elect their representatives for setting up a government. Such a government is accountable to the people through their representative who have the ultimate power to change ...
Read More »Balochistan Towards Warfare or Welfare
By: Qazi Nisar Ahmed Before tailoring the future scenario of Balochistan towards warfare or welfare, let’s view some snapshots of Balochistan history showing deprivations, conflicts, and periodic insurgencies since 1948. If we analyze the causes of the inconsistencies and riots, it would be reflected that the people are struggling and demanding for fair and equal socio-economic development and their sense ...
Read More »Road Traffic Accidents in Balochistan
By: Zahir Karim Road traffic accidents have killed millions of people worldwide and thousands of people in Pakistan. According to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics Government of Pakistan, from 2004 to 2013 more than 50 thousand people have died in more than 100 thousand accidents. Though the developed countries have reduced the rate of accidents by using various prevention tools and ...
Read More »11 Years of Bughti’s Assasination: Understanding What Balochistan has Undergone
By: Mariyam Suleman Balochistan fell into a terrifying chaos after Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti was killed on 26th August 2006. Although the news about the death of Nawab Bugti was confirmed hours later, hundreds of protesters demonstrated on roads the same night. This time, the protests did not limit to the provincial capital of Quetta or to the tribal areas ...
Read More »Unvoiced Balochistan’s Education Miseries
By: Bill Noor Every child has the right to free and compulsory education, states the 1973 constitution of Pakistan. The Current condition of the education sector does not seem to fix this line of the constitution. Education remains just a popular political slogan. While the country’s country law men are busy in corruption and then with Dharnas and Rallies, defending ...
Read More »Depletion in Fishery Stock and Its Consequences in Balochistan
By: Qazi Nisar Ahmed Fishing is the main and major source of income and livelihood of the people of Coastal area of Balochistan since the inception of human population, centuries ago. Around 55000-60,000 people are engaged in fishing and 60% of them are on regular basis. Balochistan is bestowed with a large share of 760 km coastline alongwith 8 main ...
Read More »Balochistan’s Combined Competitive Exams: Can We Trust That BPSC Chairman Will At Last Ensure Fairness?
By: Shah Meer Baloch A few months ago, the Supreme Court of Pakistan declared the Combined Competitive Exam of 2013, conducted by the Sindh Public Service Commission (SPSC), to be null and void. The court ordered the government to appoint a new chairman and members as they had resigned when the apex court took this suo motu action. The court ...
Read More »Understanding Corruption, Panama Verdict and Public Celebration
By: Rafi Ullah Corruption is called the abuse and misuse of power, dishonest behavior and misconduct. There are various topologies of corruption including political corruption, administrative corruption, personal corruption and moral corruption. Every one of us is corrupt being implicated in any of the above categories. Eliminating corruption in political level does not mean that society is pristine and immaculate ...
Read More »Horrific Quetta carnage and some underlying realities
By: Mohammad Ishaq Nasar “The devil’s disciples have descended on Balochistan with full force this year, their evil mechanization on naked display in the gory games being played within the region’s strategic depths “quoted former IG Police Balochistan Tariq Khosa. While a span of less than a year has yet to be lapsed when the “devil’s disciples” turned peaceful Quetta ...
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