By Shehzad Baloch A few months ago, the director general of public relations (DGPR) in Balochistan issued notices to 135 daily newspapers based in Quetta, seeking detailed information about their employees and all the official equipment they use for publishing papers. Once the data was collated, it was surprising to learn that more than 100 newspapers are published from Quetta ...

Quetta: A roadside bomb explosion wounded 13 people on Shara-e-Iqbal Quetta. The bomb explosion struck the commercial heart of Quetta city. The bomb explosion took place near Bacha Khan Chowk which is the busiest square of Quetta. According to sources, Bomb was planted outside a shoe shop in a drain on Shara-e-Iqbal, commonly known as Qandhari Bazar. The victims of ...

QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan, Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has said government would extend all possible support and collaboration to international donors and welcome any foreign investment in agriculture, fisheries, mining and other sectors of the province.  Chief Minister Balochistan expressed these views while talking to a delegation of UNDP headed by its Deputy Country head Ms Tracy Vienings that called ...

Quetta: Chief of Balochistan National Party and former chief minister of Balochistan, Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal, has been shifted to his home from hospital in Karachi. Akhtar Mengal fell ill on 20th July while travelling from Karachi to his home town Khuzadr. He was shifted to a hospital in Karachi the same day. According to Balochistan National Party sources, Akhtar ...

Quetta: Electricity crisis has deteriorated in the turbulent province of Balochistan. Apart from Quetta, rest of Balochistan is facing long hours of load shedding in the warm season of summer. District headquarters are getting 10 hours electricity daily, whereas Tehsil headquarters are getting 6 to 8 hours electricity in 24 hours. In case of villages, electricity is only provided 2 ...

QUETTA: A man was shot dead while another sustained bullet injuries in labor colony area of eastern by-pass satellite town on Tuesday.  According to satellite town police, unknown armed men, riding a motorbike, sprayed bullets on a vehicle and fled from the crime scene.  As result of firing, a person namely Khadim Hussain and his son Zafar Hussain sustained injuries and ...

Quetta: Vehicle of Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Mohammad Hassani, Provincial minster for Sports, Youth Affairs, culture and minorities was snatched on Gun point from his driver on Zarghoon Road Quetta on Sunday . The driver of minister was driving the office vehicle of minister, a black Vigo, on Zarghoon Road when unknown armed men intercepted him. The driver was forced to dismount from the ...

Quetta: On directions from Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Federal Public service Commission has inducted 15 military officers from recognized tribes of Balochistan in Police Service of Pakistan and District Management Group. These officers have been selected from all three branches of the armed forces of Pakistan. This decision has been taken in the wake of refusal by growing number of ...

QUETTA: A 16 inch diameter pipeline was blown up in troubled Dera Bugti district of Balochistan while a man was killed in provincial capital, on Saturday. According to the details, unknown persons had planted explosive material underneath a gas pipeline, leading to well number 21, in Pir Koh area of Dera Bugti. As a result, the pipeline was damaged and gas ...

QUETTA: A dead body of an unknown person was recovered from Quetta, on Tuesday. According to the details, acting on a tip-off, the Brewery Police found a dead body in Killi Tirkha, a suburb of the provincial capital. Police shifted the body to the Hospital According to the hospital sources the body was strangulated to death  had  sings of torture. The ...