Sami Parvez Turbat – Internet users in Turbat have severely criticized Pakistan Telecommunication Limited (PTCL) for poor internet service. PTCL is the only internet service provider in Makran region of Balochistan where Turbat is located. Internet users told Balochistan Point that internet service is poor during all the day and night which has resulted in creating severe problems for students, ...

Sami Parvez Gwadar – 7 passengers lost their lives in a deadly road accident when a bus collided with oil tanker in Ormara, on Wednesday. Bus carrying passengers was travelling to Karachi from Jiwani. According to sources, 45 passengers were wounded and they were rushed to Karachi hospitals for emergency treatment. Road accidents have increased on highways of Balochistan in ...

Sami Parvez Turbat – Parents of students have protested against hike in private school fees in Turbat city. Parents are upset as private school owners have raised the schools fees suddenly without any prior notice, learnt the Balochistan Point. “Sudden rise in private school fees is totally unjustified and huge burden on low-earning parents of students,” a disgruntled parent told ...

Adnan Aamir Quetta – Around 3,000 students took the streets to protest against controversial result of Intermediate exams declared by Balochistan Board of Intermediate and Secondary education (BBISE), on Monday. Intermediate result declared by BBISE on Saturday shocked everyone because only 28.68 percent candidates were declared successful. Result became controversial from the outset due to errors in marks of hundreds ...

Sami Parvez Quetta – Students who had taken Intermediate exams have severely criticized Balochistan Board of Intermediate and Secondary education (BBISE), in aftermath of the result.   BBISE announced Intermediate result on 5th September and only 28.68 percent of stands were declared pass. Out of 26,883 candidates that appeared in exams only 7,710 candidates were declared successful. Out of 26,883 ...

Sami Parvez One of the main reasons for plight of higher educational institutes in Quetta is the hooliganism of Students organizations. Whether these student’s organizations belong to Baloch and Pashtun nationalist parties, mainstream parties or religious parties all of them have contributed in destruction of education, in Quetta in particular and Balochistan in general. Last year two goons of a ...

Sami Parvez Quetta – Turbat doesn’t have a district and session judge for last one month, learnt Balochistan Point. Aimal Khan Kakar, last District and Session Judge of Kech district passed away last month and since then the portfolio stands vacant. Turbat city is headquarters of Makran division and therefore center of judicial activity but unavailability of top judge has exacerbated the ...

Sami Parvez Quetta – Electricity Supply to entire Pasni town was suspended for 14 hours on Monday, learnt Balochistan Point. Non-availability of electricity created an acute drinking water shortage problem. Residents of Pasni have condemned Quetta Electricity Supply Company (QESCO) for long hours of load shedding. “Summer Season is about to finish and there is a reduction in electricity demand ...

Sami Parvez Turbat – In Dasht, people are suffering from scarcity of water, learnt Balochistan Point. Dasht is the tehsil of District Kech which is located 40 Km from Turbat city. People of Dash are facing water scarcity due to fewer rainfalls this year. Unavailability of water has created a drought like situation in Dasht. We are unable to cultivate ...

Sami Parvez Turbat – Vice-Chancellor (VC) of University of Turbat (UOT) has announced that faculty members of the university would be sent for foreign trainings. VC of UOT, Professor Dr. Abdul Razzaq Sabir, made the announcement while addressing the faculty members at the beginning of new semester in city campus. VC announced that faculty members of UOT will be sent ...