Balochistan

Clipped Wings: Exploring the lives of Young Girls in Kulach

By: Mariyam Suleman During the hot and humid summer of 2013, I had the opportunity to visit my native village of “Beelar, Kulach” roughly 85 kilometers from Gwadar. Right after ten kilometers from Gwadar city-center, one would find nothing but barren plains, arid road sides, sandy winds and an open sky that somehow flows in my eyes with light clouds ...

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The Broken Wing

By: Aurang Zaib Human Society is like a bird with two striking wings which make the bird to look beautiful. Respectively the wings of a human society are male and female who make the society beautiful and contribute to meet the society with progress, innovation and development. Therefore, one of the most primary reasons of the economic crises and institutional ...

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Seven dead, 20 injured in Jaffar Express blast

Quetta: At least 7 passengers were dead and 20 others injured when a blast ripped through the Rawalpindi bound Jaffar Express in Mach area of Bolan on Friday morning. The train carrying 375 passengers departed from Quetta Railway station at 09:00am when after crossing Mach the explosive device planted on the railway track exploded with a huge bang. According to ...

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Supreme Court Commission to probe into Quetta hospital carnage

Quetta: The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice, Awnar Zaheer Jamali has directed for formation of Judicial Commission to be headed by the Judge of Supreme Court to conduct probe into August 8 Quetta Civil Hospital carnage . A larger bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice, Justice, Awnar Zaheer Jamali and comprising Justice, Ameer Muslim Hani and Justice ...

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Shazia Ahmed Langove selected as cabinet member of South Asian Women Alliance

Quetta: Women rights defender and political activist from Balochistan, Shazia Ahmed Langove has been selected as cabinet member of South Asian Women Alliance for Pakistan. South Asian Women Alliance for Pakistan works for Women rights. It has representatives from all across Asia. Each South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) country has selected 11 members. A selection process from all ...

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Quetta: Four Hazara women killed as gunmen open fire on bus

Quetta: Four Hazara women were killed when unidentified assailants opened fire on a bus in the Pud Gali Chowk of provincial capital  on Tuesday. The bus was traveling to Hazara town when it came under attack by unidentified assailants. The law enforcement personnel and rescue teams rushed to the incident location. Police and Frontier Corps personnel cordoned off the area. The dead ...

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Zehri welcomes CIIT’s offer for PhD scholarships for students of Balochistan

Islamabad: Chief Minister of Balochistan, Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri, said it would be a great honour for students from Balochistan to be able to study at a prestigious institution like COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), which has recently been been ranked at the top position among all universities of Pakistanby The Times Higher Education World University Rankings (2016-17), U.K. ...

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Baloch Fun Fair held at University of Karachi

By: Mariyam Suleman Karachi: Baloch Students’ Education Organization conducted a day long fun fair as part of students’ week at University of Karachi engaging hundreds of youth, students and faculty members on Thursday. “Baloch Fun Fair” as it was called is held every year during the Students’ Week in University of Karachi by the members of Baloch Students’ Education Organization. ...

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C M Balochistan says Government is fully determined to protect all segment of society

Quetta: Chief Minister Balochistan, Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri has categorically stated that those days have gone when the members of business community were scared due to kidnapping as government is fully determined to protect each segment of society, including traders. “Previous governments were afraid of terrorists, and the kidnapping of traders, doctors and common citizens was widespread while the government ...

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Killers of journalist Abdul Haq Baloch still at large four years after his murder

The killers of Abdul Haq Baloch, correspondent of ARY News television channel remain free even after four years of his murder in Khuzdar, Balochistan . Abdul Haq Baloch, who was also general secretary of Khuzdar Press Club was murdered by unidentified men on 29th September, 2012 in Khuzdar. He was shot multiple times while on his way to home and ...

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