Directorate of Education Issues Fresh Guidelines for Private Tuition Centers
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: The Directorate of Education and Colleges Balochistan has asked all private tuition centers in the province to renew their expired non-objection certificates (N.O.Cs) and follow certain newly underlined guidelines in order to avoid official action. The Directorate said here on Wednesday that all private tuition centers should renew their N.O.C.s [...]
Attack on Minister’s Residence Kills Three in Quetta
From Dawn QEUTTA: Two unidentified armed assailants and a Levies Force personnel deployed outside a provincial minister’s house in Quetta have been killed in exchange of fire on Monday night. Police sources said that unknown attackers came at the residence of provincial minister Asfandyar Kakar in Chaman Housing Scheme and opened indiscriminate fire at the [...]
Balochistan Chief Minister Terms Imran’s Remarks About Fazal “Deplorable”
From the Associated Press of Pakistan QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Muhammad Aslam Khan Raisani has termed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan’s criticism on Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman as deplorable. In a statement issued by Chief Minister House here on Wednesday, he said: “Political differences are beauty of democracy but [...]
World Bank For Preservation of Rainwater in Balochistan
From The News International QUETTA: The World Bank has suggested to the Balochistan government to construct more dams to preserve rainwater in the wake of fast declining level of subsoil water. Official sources said on Wednesday that a delegation of the World Bank, headed by Mehwash Wasaq, called on Balochistan Senior Minister for Planning and [...]
SPRAC Requests Higher Judiciary to Probe Balochistan Juvenile Death Sentences
From Express Tribune QUETTA: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPRAC) has requested the higher judiciary to look into the death sentence of five juveniles in Balochistan. SPRAC made this appeal during a a press conference in Quetta on Wednesday. Officials included SPARC National Manager Child Rights Iqbal Ahmed Detho [...]
Chief Minister Regrets Criticism on Balochistan Government
From Daily Times QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Muhammad Aslam Raisani on Monday termed the criticism of the provincial government as regrettable, saying the statement that Balochistan was in the clutches of corrupt leadership showed the political bankruptcy of the critics. Talking to reporters, he said the statement of a political leader that true representatives of [...]
Quetta Police Launch Cases Against 26 Protesting Journalists
From The News Tribe QUETTA: In another attempt to suppress the freedom of speech and right to protest in Pakistan, the Quetta police on Monday launched a case against 26 journalists who carried out a protest rally against the killing of a journalist in Khuzdar infront of Chief Minister House. Journalists carried out a protest [...]
Two Killed in Quetta Blast
The Baloch Hal Monitoring Desk QUETTA: A blast ripped through Sariab road near Moosa Colony in Quetta killing two persons on Tuesday, DawnNews reported. Sources said that the target of the attack was a security forces’ vehicle and that the bomb was planted on car parked on the roadside. Initial reports suggested that the bomb [...]
Two Bullet-Riddled Dodies Found in Quetta
The Baloch Hal Monitoring Desk QUETTA: The Balochistan Levies on Monday recovered two bullet-riddled bodies in the Margat area of Hana Urak. According to Balochistan Levies, some passers-by spotted the bodies and informed the Levies Force. Levies personnel rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area. The bodies were taken to the Bolan Medical [...]
Quetta: 18 Policemen Suspended on Corruption Charges
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: The Capital City Police Office has suspended at least eighteen police personnel of various ranks on corruption charges ordering an internal inquiry into the matter. According to Independent News of Pakistan (INP), the Police Department has found through an initial departmental investigation that some personnel were involved in corruption and bribery. They [...]