Tag: Balochistan

Polio case detected in Balochistan

QUETTA: A case of poliovirus was detected in Daaki area of Balochistan on Wednesday. Polio focal person said that poliovirus was confirmed in 18-month Muhammad Usman...

ECP to appoint interim Punjab, Balochistan CMs

Parliamentary committees of both provinces fail to evolve consensus PTI says Hassan Askari was only ‘neutra­l candid­ate’ but govern­ment still refuse­d Bizenjo-led Balochistan government...

Complaints on delimitation in eight Balochistan districts to be heard by...

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will conduct hearing of complaints pertaining to delimitation of constituencies in eight districts of Balochistan, according to...

Free education still way off despite legislation: report

ISLAMABAD: Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan have spent five years without forming or developing any rules regarding free and compulsory education making the legislation...

No interim CMs for Punjab, Balochistan hitherto

Parliamentary committees to decide interim CMs for both provinces Balochistan CM Bizenjo, Opp leader Ziaratwal fail to agree on caretaker CM as fifth...

Balochistan’s development linked with country’s progress: PM Abbasi

Urges provincial, political leadership to set difference aside and work for the province QUETTA: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Wednesday said that the...

Balochistan CM seeks probe against high court judge for misbehaving with...

ISLAMABAD: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Quddus Binzenjo has lodged a complaint with Balochistan High Court (BHC) Chief Justice Muhammad Noor Miskanzai, seeking an...

Shehbaz, opposition leader fail to reach consensus over caretaker Punjab CM

--Name of caretaker Punjab CM to be announced by Monday --Shehbaz to consult party’s supreme leader Nawaz, Rashid to discuss name with PTI chief Imran LAHORE: Opposition...

No more PATA or FATA likely: report

ISLAMABAD: The 31st amendment will not only merge the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) but it will also merge the Provincial Administered...

Balochistan approves Rs308.33bln budget

QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly Monday approved over Rs308.33 billion provincial budget for the fiscal year 2018-19, including Rs88.24 billion for the developmental sector and...

Crackdown on Dawn in Balochistan in wake of Nawaz’s statement: reports

A local English Daily, Dawn, has reportedly “vanished” from the circulation in certain areas of Balochistan, locals claimed. According to reports, the distributors informed the...

Social activists’ role for women empowerment in Balochistan highlighted

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar here Wednesday highlighted the role of social female activists for empowerment of women in Balochistan and bringing change in...

Balochistan journalists protest against torture of colleague by hospital guards

QUETTA: The Balochistan Union of Journalists (BUJ) protested on Monday outside the Balochistan Assembly against the torture of Murtaza Zeb Zehri by Sheikh Zayed Hospital's...

Five dead, 35 injured as passenger bus overturns in Khuzdar

KHUZDAR: At least five people died and 35 others, some critical, were injured when a passenger bus overturned here on Saturday. Levies sources said that...

Balochistan postpones budget until May 14, vows to give ‘comprehensive’ one

Balochistan Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti on Friday announced that the annual provincial budget session has been postponed until May 14 as more time is required...

CJP advises young doctors to ‘first come to work, then make...

QUETTA: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Friday advised young doctors to first come to work, tend to their duties and...

CJP says won’t spare those responsible for Balochistan’s ‘deplorable state’

--Justice Nisar says 6,054 schools in Balochistan lack boundary walls and toilets while lakes are faced with drought   ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib...