Adnan Aamir On May 16, an all-parties conference (APC) was conducted under the auspices of the Awami National Party in Quetta. All the major political parties of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa attended the conference. The participants urged the restoration of the old (original) route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). In the same conference, participants reiterated that they appreciated the ...
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Letter: Importance of Free Press
What is the power of free press? Why real democracy is considered the best form of political system? The near fatal attack on Hamid Mir, last year, was a painful and flabbergasting incident carried out by unknown persons that sealed the fate of free press in Pakistan. Why do that rulers, Civilians or military, in Pakistan never allow full freedom ...
Read More »UET Lahore: Objectives Resolution Of Baloch Council Presented
Lahore – Objectives Resolution of Baloch Council of University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore was presented, on Monday. Objectives resolution was presented on the occasion of farewell party of 2011 session of UET. Baloch Council UET Lahore alumni members Zakir Kannar Baloch, Saddam Samalani and Yahya Azeem Baloch were the chief guests of the event. Baloch Council UET Lahore ...
Read More »Plight Of Air Passengers In Balochistan
Adnan Aamir The word Balochistan is synonymous with deprivation in Pakistan. There isn’t a single federal department that is not depriving Balochistan of its legitimate rights. Now, Civil Aviation Authority and Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) have also joined the ranks of the organizations that are directly responsible for deprivation in Balochistan. A huge number of citizens from Balochistan visit Middle ...
Read More »Not A Single Federal Secretary From Balochistan
Islamabad – Among the pool of 40 federal secretaries there is not a single one from Balochistan, reported The News. Federal secretaries are grade-22 government servants controlling federal ministries and only subordinate to their respective federal minister. Out of 40 federal secretaries, 22 are from Punjab, 11 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 3 from Sindh, 2 each from Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad ...
Read More »PIA Treating People Of Balochistan As Children Of Lesser God
Adnan Aamir Sajid Baloch works as a construction worker in Dubai and visits his family in Balochistan, once in six months. He used to fly directly from Quetta, his hometown, to Dubai through Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flights. Life was easy for him back then but not anymore. When he visited his home in April this year, He had to ...
Read More »Rising Wealth and Poverty in Pakistan
Sharif NuhaaQ Baloch According to the World Ultra Wealth Report, Pakistan is home to 415 super-rich people and their assets are worth approximately $50bn. Last year, there were 310 Pakistanis in the category with assets worth $40bn. Increase in number of wealthy people in Pakistan proves that affluent people are doing really well. Apparently all this sounds good but the ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »Lyari: Who will be the godfather? – Final Part
Author: Razzak Sarbazi Translator: Ahmed Muneeb For Part-1 of this article click here For Part-2 of this article click here For Part-3 of this article click here For Part-4 of this article click here Mullah Sultan was a man of strong nerves. He went to participate in Afghan jihad from Gul Muhammad Lane in Lyari. He joined those groups of ...
Read More »China-Punjab Economic Corridor
Adnan Aamir Last time I checked Pakistan was a federation of four provinces. However, the current federal government of Pakistan apparently only considers Punjab to be Pakistan. When the incumbent federal government came into power it was called a Punjab-centric government from the outset. The 51 agreements signed between China and Pakistan, or more accurately Punjab, have proved beyond any ...
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