Quetta – Police has arrested 75 Baloch students of Bolan Medical College (BMC) who were protesting against the attitude of Principal, on Friday. All students have been locked up in Brewery Police station which is situated near BMC. Students were protesting against the attitude of BMC Principal Dr. Saadat Khan Barozai, under the Auspices of Baloch Students Action committee (BSAC). ...

Gwadar – District Education Officer of Gwadar, Mohammed Jan Raza Baloch, addressed the educators and examiners in the district hall during a workshop as part of the provincial government’s “No cheating will be tolerated” campaign on Thursday. A number of school principals and teachers from throughout the district were invited to attend the workshop. They were strictly informed to follow ...

Quetta – Kashmir solidarity day was observed in Quetta just like the rest of Pakistan. 5th February is observed as a Kashmir solidarity day and a public holiday in Pakistan every year. Quetta Press club was the center of attention for all the protests relating to Kashmir solidarity day. Different political parties and civil groups held demonstration against Indian government ...

Quetta – Contrary to the claims of Balochistan government, Targeted Killings have increased in coastal town of Gwadar. Yesterday, Nasir Jamal Kalmati, chairman of Union Council Chib Kalmati, was killed in broad daylight. He belonged to Balochistan National Party (BNP). This is not the first time a BNP worker has been killed in Gwadar in recent weeks. Last month, a ...

Quetta: The known educationist Dr. Manoj Kumar was released by his abductors in Hazarganji area, an out skirt of Quetta, on Sunday. Dr. Manoj Kumar was kidnapped two months ago from Algilani Road of Quetta on December 2nd, 2014. Senior Superintendent of police (SSP-Operations) Quetta, Aetziz Goraya confirmed that Dr. Manoj reached home safely on Sunday night. According to the ...

Interview by Adnan Aamir Siddique Baloch is the Editor-in-chief of Balochistan express and Azadi newspaper. He is a veteran journalists and the pioneer of English journalism in Balochistan. Born in 1940, Lala Siddique Baloch, as He is commonly called, has been associated with journalism since 1966. Balochistan: It’s Politics and Economics is the title of the book of Mr. Siddique ...

Author: Razzak Sarbazi Translator: Amjad Hussain I was feeling very down. It was not the first time during the six months, while writing the editorial, that I was feeling this way. I had already faced the same situation before. Who will waste one’s time by reading this editorial, in this very fast and flashy world? We are living in such ...

QUETTA: Poor applicants of Balochistan have paid over Rs. 50 Million to National Testing Service (NTS), so far, for job applicants of education department only. Balochistan government advertised vacancies of over 4,000 in education department in November. Rs. 1000 was set as the fee per application by Government of Balochistan. Fee for similar vacancies in Sindh provinces is a meager ...

QUETTA: Youth Wing of PML-N has alleged that Balochistan government is earning revenue by charging high amount of fee for job applications. Vacancies were announced in Local Government department couple of months back and over 18,000 candidates applied for them. Now, Balochistan government has again asked the applicants to re-submit their applications along with Rs. 400 as fee. “This is ...

QUETTA: Quetta Electricity Supply Company (QESCO) has further increased the electricity load shedding in entire Balochistan, amid the winter season. Qesco has cited increase in shortfall as the reason behind increase in load shedding. According to QESCO sources, Electricity demand in Balochistan, excluding Makran, is 1,650 Megawatt and supply is only 500 Megawatt. This has resulted in a shortfall of ...