Balochistan

Progress review meeting of the new medical colleges held in Quetta

By: Saeed Yousuf Quetta: On the recommendations of Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Sana Ullah Khan Zehri, and concerned Secretary the Additional Secretary Health Mr. Abdul Rauf Baloch chaired the progress review meeting of the new medical colleges in the province at Khuzdar, Lorlai and Kech. On the occasion Chief Planning Officer Abdul Rasool Zehri, all project directors, principals, protocol officer Mr. ...

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Local Journalist gunned down in Kalat

Quetta: Unidentified armed assailants gunned down a local journalist and the district Press secretary of Pakistan Media council in Kalat town, some 130 kilometres southeast of Quetta, on Thursday. Members of Mir Ahmed Yar Khan press club and local journalists have condemned the murder of Muhammad Jan Sumalani, a local journalists and Brahui language poet. According to the police source ...

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CM Balochistan pledges to fully support NGOs working in education and health sectors

Quetta: Pledging to fully support Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working for the promotion of education and health sectors in the province, Chief Minister Balochistan, Nawab Sanaullah khan Zehri has said that government viewed such NGOs working for the welfare with great respect and reverence. He was talking to delegation of Muslim Hands Pakistan headed by his President Mr. Syed Bakht ...

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Balochistan govt curious about making an excellent Nutrition and Food Security strategy

By: Saeed Yousuf Quetta: Additional Chief Secretary (P&D) Balochistan Dr. Umar Khan Babar has said that Balochistan government is very curious about  making an excellent Nutrition and Food Security strategy and will appreciate any positive move or recommendations from the stake holders. He said this on Wednesday while addressing the ‘Strategic Review on Food Security & Nutrition, Balochistan Provincial Consultation ...

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DELTA: The change agent in Turbat

By: Sana Samad Dynamic English Language Teaching Academy (DELTA) is known as one of the well known institutions in Balochistan which is recognized as a cheating free school. Barkat Ismail Baloch established The DELTA institution in June 2001, with the motto as the change agent “to create an educational environment in Turbat as well as in entire Balochistan. The founder ...

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Balochistan National Party (BNP-Mengal) files petition against census        

  Quetta: Balochistan National Party (BNP-Mengal) filed a review petition in Balochistan High Court and Supreme Court of Pakistan Quetta Registry on the issue census in Balochistan, here on Friday. According to the Information Secretary of BNP-Mengal, Agha Hasan Baloch Advocate   that the BNP  has appealed  in the petition that the party and Baloch people have reservations about conducting census in the presence ...

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World has focused its eyes on Pakistan, says CM Balochistan

Quetta: Chief Minister Balochistan, Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri has said that no doubt Pakistan was a great country therefore world has focused its eyes on it. “Government, Pak-Army and entire nation is currently facing many challenges but we would be successful,” he added. Addressing to the first Parents’ Day of Cadet College Ormara, Chief Minister Balochistan said that we had ...

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CPEC is a game changer not only for Pakistan but for the entire region:  CM Balochistan   

Khuzdar: Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri on Thursday has said that China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a game changer not only for Pakistan but for the entire region and the elements who were trying to create misunderstanding about it were enemies of CPEC and the masses of Balochistan. Addressing to a Seminar organized by Devot in collaboration with Commander ...

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‘Violence-related fatalities in Balochistan, Punjab increased in 2016’

Islamabad: Balochistan and Punjab saw a marginal increase in violence in 2016, with Balochistan seeing an almost 10pc rise in fatalities caused by violence since 2015, and Punjab seeing the highest number of fatalities in the province in four years, the Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) has found. Fatalities in Balochistan rose from 719 in 2015 to 798 ...

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Malnutrition threatening lives in Balochistan

By:  Sana Samad Balochistan is suffering from the risk of malnutrition which is causing deaths among children and women belonging to socially marginalized groups in the province. In 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared emergency in Balochistan in view of the indicators of Global Acute Malnutrition.  According to United Nation Children Fund  (UNICEF) that 16 percent of the children ...

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