KHUZDAR: ‘Study of Budget Making Process at District Level in Baluchistan ’launched by Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI). The study states that budget Call letters were delayed, 19 out of 23 districts stated that they had not received it, budget time line was not followed properly. Out of 23 only 6 surveyed districts conducted pre-budget consultations, 5 districts ...

QUETTA: Balochistan National Party (BNP) Central Leader and Member Balochistan Assembly, Sanaullah Baloch has has said that Balochistan is within itself a corridor which needs not any interference by other countries. He expressed these views in a seminar on Geographical importance of Balochistan here in Quetta on Thursday .   Students Action Committee organised the event at Bolan Medical College ...

KHUZDAR: Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) has revealed in its study that Budget Call letters delayed, budget time line is not followed properly and none of the 20 surveyed districts have involved the general public and the stakeholders in budget making. According to the ‘Study of Budget Making Process at District Level in Baluchistan, only 4 districts issued ...

KALAT:  Study has revealed that the local governments (LGs) had failed to include stakeholders in the budget making process. Only 4 out of 20 districts released pre-budget statement that would have provided the stakeholders a chance to express their opinion on budget proposals. This study was shared with participants in a one-day workshop on ‘Study of Budget Making Process at ...

Khuzdar: A delegation comprising of  civil society, Informal District Assemblies and volunteers demanded the immediate resolution of major public issues within the district from Mir Younus Aziz Zehri  (Member of Provincial Assembly) while an advocacy with him at guest house Khuzdar. The member of the provincial parliament was made aware of the public issues including unavailability of trauma center, absence ...

 QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan Jam Kamal has said that their vision is to develop Balochistan as par with other provinces.  He expressed these views on Tuesday while talking to Deputy Speaker National Assembly Qasim Khan Suri, who was called on him here. They discussed different political and official issues in the meeting. The CM Balochistan said that development of Quetta ...

QUETTA: MBBS final year students of session 2012-13 have sat in a hunger camp till death in front of the BMC College, demanding from the college administration and professor to have looked at the result that was announced on 8 August. Final year students, Younis Elahi and Farhad Karim who are on a hunger strike till death while taking to ...

QUETTA: The civil society organizations can watch the budget making process to improve governance issues at provincial level, said Raja Shoaib Akber, senior program manager Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) Islamabad. While addressing the participants of two-day workshop in Quetta, senior program manager CPDI emphasized the vital role of   civil society organizations for improving governance challenges and budget ...

KHUZDAR: The Informal District Assembly members said that 0.8 million women do not have Computer National Identification Card and 2.6 million are deprived from right to vote in Balochistan and million more women will be unable to vote in future if necessary strategy are not adopted and implemented for their CNICs and voting registration.  The Informal District Assembly Members set ...

QUETTA: Women Rights activists on Saturday said that 2.6 million women in Balochistan are deprived of right to vote and millions more will be unable to vote if necessary arrangements are not done for their registration. Sana Durrani President Balochistan Women Network (BWN) and Mis Haleema Chairperson Health and Rural Development (HARD) and Gul Khan Nseer  in a press conference ...