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Another unkind year for Journalists The previous year was not a kind to those in media. A report revealed by a media outlet stated that working conditions for journalists in Pakistan are becoming more hazardous. This gets multiplies in the backdrop of the ongoing conflict in Balochistan. Pakistan is not alone in being a riskier […]
Journalists’ plight in Balochistan Balochistan, the largest province of Pakistan, is frequently in the news due to its high-altitude uprising, recovery of bullet-riddled and mutilated corpses, target killing, explosions and the alleged presence of Quetta Shura, the Taliban outfit active in Afghanistan. One does not think over that the province has also become a very […]
Sardar Ataullah Mengal: Balochis harbouring anti-Pakistan sentiments In yet another outburst against the security establishment for its alleged hand in the kill-and-dump spree in Balochistan, veteran nationalist leader Sardar Ataullah Mengal said on Thursday that the separation movement in the province could only be stopped by punishing those who had committed crimes against the Baloch. […]
Sorry… we have no gas As we pretend ourselves brave and a daring nation, we have to face hard realities about present scenario. Simply, the country does not have enough gas resources to fulfill the needs of CNG stations, factories, and the stoves in private homes. As winter started in the country, the gas crisis […]
Human Rights Situation in Balochistan: Issues and Challenges The situation in Pakistan’s largest and resource-rich province, Balochistan, is extremely precarious today. Several national and international human rights organizations have reported the worsening law and order conditions in the province and gross human rights violations due to continuous security operation and resistance movement. Nearly every day […]
Flames in desert and ‘An Old Baloch’s advice’ A fate of the nation dwells at the hands of a solitary person; it was said by Allama Iqbal in his poem, An Advice of Old Bloch that is translation of “Budhay Baloch ki Naseehat. The province has been burning for long ago and forewarnings against discounting […]
Balochistan at point of no return; says Ataullah Khan Mengal Karachi: (December 19) during a meeting with PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif Baloch leader Ataullah Khan Mengal said that Balochistan had reached to a point of no return. And mistakes made by Balochs also had a role to play in the present state of the province. […]
Canadian High Commission shows concern over Reko Diq copper and gold mining project Lajoas Andraaz, Canadian Deputy High Commissioner, has shown his concern over investment worth $400 million stuck in Reko Diq copper and gold mining project. Speaking to a delegation in Multan he said, “We do not have any political objectives in Pakistan, Canada […]
The Cabinet rejects gas load management programme proposed by Ministry of Petroleum On Thursday, December 8 the Cabinet rejected the gas load management programme proposed by Ministry of Petroleum. As per the proposed programme, load shedding will be exhibited in Punjab and Sindh while Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and Baluchistan are to be excluded on account of […]
Tethyan Copper Company files for international arbitration Tim Livesey, CEO Tethyan Copper Company (TCC) has revealed that in order to protect its legal right the company has filed an international arbitration for the licence of Reko Diq project. On Tuesday, November 29, Livesey issued a statement that read, “We are disappointed that we have not […]
Parliamentary body summons foreign, defence secretaries The highest forum, the Parliamentary Committee on National Security, ultimately moved on Friday to take up the controversial memogate scandal, summoning the Secretary Foreign Affairs and Secretary Defence in its next sitting to brief the panel on this diplomatically and politically distressing development. Chairman National Security Committee, Senator Raza […]
Islamic Relief Pakistan warns winters will bring more misery to flood survivors Millions of the flood affectees of Sindh are at great risk as the winters approach fast in the flood-hit areas of Southern Pakistan, said the country director of Islamic Relief Pakistan, Fadlullah Wilmot. Mr Wilmot said that the devastated floods that struck Pakistan […]
