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Letter: Balochistan – The Land Of Problems

Yahya Buledi Seeing the current situation of Balochistan everyone is compelled to write and every tongue is compelled to speak up. Enriched with natural resources “Balochistan” is in utter despair. The people living in Balochistan are miserably helpless and the victim of hunger and unemployment. Notwithstanding, plethora of natural resources, its people are worse-off and living a life of abject ...

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Youth Loan Scheme: Only 13 Applicants From Balochistan Secured Loans

Quetta – Only 13 applicants from Balochistan have secured loans from much hyped Prime Minister Youth Business Loan scheme, reported Jang Quetta, on Saturday. Youth Loan scheme was started by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in 2013 to promote youth entrepreneurship in Pakistan. Two batches of applicants have been provided with the loans; first in February 2014 and second in June ...

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Unemployment in Balochistan

Adnan Aamir On April 12, recruitment tests for vacancies in the education department of Balochistan started. These tests are being conducted by the National Testing Service in all districts of Balochistan. According to Saleem Kurd, coordinator of the NTS in Balochistan, over 100,000 people have applied for 4,200 vacancies in the education department. All these vacancies are for small-scale jobs ...

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Balochistan: Suggesting Few Solutions For Problems

Ahsan Tariq Balochistan at present is engulfed by plethora of problems. People are deprived of every necessity, economy of the province is in shambles, Young professionals are jobless and Law and order situation is deteriorating among a lot of other problems. In this situation what should be done? Before suggesting a solution for the problems of Balochistan, let us have ...

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Letter: Students Of Kharan Still Awaiting Books

Educational crisis in Balochistan has never been as serious as it is during the current educational emergency. It is disappointing to reveal that matriculate students of Kharan have not yet received their books from government. Matric classes started from 1st of April this year. Currently 1500 hundred students are enrolled in high schools of Kharan. Majority of them belong to ...

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Educational Emergency: Mastung Schools Waiting For Study Materials For 2 Months

Quetta – Despite the imposition of educational emergency by Balochistan government, schools in Mastung district are waiting for study materials for 2 months. Government sends study materials to every government school before the begging of March every year. Study materials include, books, note books, charts, slates laboratory material etc. In normal cases the study material reached the schools with delay ...

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Widespread Industrial Fire Incidents In Pakistan

Hanif Dilmurad Industrial accidents and fire incidents are every day routine in most industrial cities of Pakistan. Absence of precautionary measures and lack of robust regulatory systems has put the lives of laborers in permanent danger. List of industrial incidents in Pakistan is very long.  On December 28, 2014, Timber market near Old Haji Camp in Karachi gutted. As a ...

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Hazar Gunji Issue: Dr. Malik Public Enemy Number One?

Quetta – The way Dr. Malik Baloch, Chief Minister of Balochistan, is treating the shifting of bus stands to Hazar Gunji have compelled people of Balochistan to ask whether Dr. Malik is public enemy number one? For the last four days, transporters of Quetta are on strike in order to protest the decision of Balochistan government to forcefully shift all bus ...

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Analysis Of Performance Of Balochistan Government

Imran Baloch After the elections of 11 may 2013, Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch was elected from Turbat city as a member of Provincial assembly (MPA). It was for the first time in the history of Balochistan that a person was nominated and elected Chief Minister (CM) of Balochistan from Makran division. Political workers and common people appreciated this decision of ...

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Balochistan: Politicizing Education

Adnan Aamir Balochistan is considered the most backward province in Pakistan; and one of the reasons for this backwardness is the poor state of education. The literacy rate in Balochistan, standing at 39 percent, is the lowest when compared with all other provinces. Over 2.3 million children are out of school and there is lack of basic infrastructure and facilities ...

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