Elections 2013: Balochistan
By Nazish Brohi One way to start a write up on elections in Balochistan would be to tally the count of provincial seats where PkMAP emerged as the single largest party taking three national assembly seats and ten provincial seats followed by PML with nine provincial seats and the National Party that managed seven provincial ones. [...]
B.H.C. Issues Notices to Six Newspapers
From Dawn QUETTA, May 15: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court (BHC) issued show-cause notices to owners and editors of six newspapers on Wednesday for publishing statements of banned organisations accepting responsibility for acts of terrorism. The bench comprising Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan issued the notices during [...]
PML-N Secures Support of PKMAP, NP in Balochistan
From Express Tribune Even as the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F) waits on the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to consolidate a coalition, the majority party has moved forward to solidify its plans for a government in the province with two major winners in the province joining it on Friday. On Friday, the PML-N was joined in Balochistan [...]
Balochistan Demands Fairness, No Power Politics
By Imtiaz Gul Nawaz Sharif did well to acknowledge the PTI’s mandate in KP, but unlike KP, things in Balochistan are still murky and mired in typical power games. The PML-N has nominated Sardar Sanaullah Zehri for the chief ministership following an influx of independents. The issue at hand is whether Nawaz Sharif will fill [...]
PML(N)’s First Blunder?
By Amir Mateen PML (N) may have blundered in its first political decision even before their third government by choosing Sardar Sanaullah Zehri as its nominee for Balochistan’s Chief Ministership. The troublesome province needed somebody who was less tainted in controversy, crime and corruption charges. True, he suffered a tragedy during the elections when his [...]
P.M.L.-N Nominates Zehri as Balochistan’s Next Chief Minister
From Dawn QUETTA: The PML-N has nominated Sardar Sanaullah Zehri for the chief ministership of Balochistan after it became the largest party in the provincial assembly with the joining of two MPAs-elect. Mir Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti, an independent candidate elected from Dera Bugti, announced his decision to join the PML-N and MPA-elect Syed Mohammad Raza [...]
Editorial: The Reluctant Nationalist
The Balochistan National Party (B.N.P.) of Sardar Akhtar Mengal has rejected the results of May 11 polls and launched a massive protest campaign against what it calls as the rigged polls. The Pashtunkhawa Milli Awami Party and the National Party, which performed beyond expectations, are neither a part of Mr. Mengal’s protest nor are they [...]
Editorial: How Nawaz Sharif Can Help Balochistan
Political parties that won Saturday’s general elections in Balochistan have already initiated contacts among themselves to form a coalition government. According to the results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan, the Pashtunkhawa Milli Awami Party has emerged as the largest political party with 11 seats in the Balochistan Assembly which is followed by the [...]
بلوچستان بعد از انتخاب
تحریر: ملک سراج اکبر کافی قیاس آرائیوں کے بعد ملک بھر کی طرح گیارہ مئی کو بلوچستان میں بھی عام انتخابات مشکل حالات میں سہی لیکن منعقد ہوہی گئے۔ صوبہ بھر میں ووٹر ٹرن آوٹ بہت ہی کم رہاجس کا اندازہ اس بات سے لگایا جاسکتا ہے کہ ضلع آواران میں کامیاب ہونے والے امیدوار [...]
Three dead, 35 Wounded in Quetta Suicide Blast
From Express Tribune A suicide bomber targeting IG Balochistan Mushtaq Sukhera killed at least three people and wounded 35 others in Quetta on Sunday evening, Express News reported. 19 policemen were reported to have been injured in the blast. Multiple rockets were also fired in the city shortly before the suicide blast. The explosions were followed [...]