Quetta coalmine death toll rises to 9By: News Desk on July 17, 2019The death toll of miners, who were trapped in a coalmine for nearly two days, rose to nine after a worker succumbed to his injuries in Civil Hospital Quetta on Tuesday.Earlier, rescue workers had managed to recover two miners as well as the bodies of eight others who had been trapped in a coalmine in Degari area for nearly 48 hours.Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Director … [Read more...] about Quetta coalmine death toll rises to 9
Thousands participate in huge car rally in QuettaBy: Staff Report on July 16, 2019Thousands of people participated in a huge car rally held in Quetta on Tuesday. The rally, comprising over 100 cars and jeeps, started from Gahi Khan Chowk in Quetta and passing through several city areas culminated in Sibbi, where it was warmly welcomed by a huge crowd of enthusiastic people.Addressing the rally at Jirga Hall in Sibbi via video link, Overseas Pakistani Baloch Unity (OPBU) … [Read more...] about Thousands participate in huge car rally in Quetta
Iran hands over 98 Pakistanis to Levies ForceBy: inp on June 10, 2019Iranian authorities handed over 98 illegal Pakistani immigrants to Levies Force at the Taftan Border in Chaghi district on Sunday.According to official sources, the detained people were arrested from various cities of Iran for staying there without valid traveling documents. The Levies Force handed over the immigrants to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for further interrogation. … [Read more...] about Iran hands over 98 Pakistanis to Levies Force
3 dead in CNG cylinder blast in ZiaratBy: Agencies on June 8, 2019Three people died and as many were injured on Friday in a CNG cylinder blast in Ziarat. Police said the explosion occurred in a vehicle parked outside a playground in Khurwari Baba, near Zero Point area.Kabir Zarkoon, the Ziarat assistant commissioner (AC), said that initial investigation suggested that the blast might have been caused by an exploding CNG cylinder. "However, further … [Read more...] about 3 dead in CNG cylinder blast in Ziarat
Pillion riding banned in QuettaBy: PPI on June 4, 2019Pillion riding has been banned in Quetta district on June 5, 2019 from 6am to 12pm. An order issued on Tuesday by the government of Balochistan, Home and Tribal Affairs Department says: "Whereas, it has been made to appear to the government of Balochistan that there exists fear of breach of peace and threat to the general law and order Quetta district on the eve of Eidul Fitr 2019. Now, therefore, … [Read more...] about Pillion riding banned in Quetta
Doctor, are you treating me as a man? Gender-specific health care is a new conceptBy: Dr Hasan Abbas on May 28, 2019Legend has it that God, after creating the heavens and the earth, formed Adam out of dust from the earth and placed him in the Garden of Eden. Subsequently, He removed one of Adam's ribs and created Eve from the bone.Adam and Eve [and their progeny] are made from different kinds of matter. Every cell in our bodies has a sex - XX or XY, which means men and women are different at a cellular … [Read more...] about Doctor, are you treating me as a man? Gender-specific health care is a new concept
Freedom of expression, security and patriotismBy: Mohammad Nafees on May 24, 2019Freedom of expression is an ideal that aspires to have no boundary or limit in its pursuit for achieving its desired goals. It's an ideal that demands freedom for airing conflicting views without invoking any physical or disciplinary reactions from opponents or state's regulatory agencies. Now the reaction against the use of this right is always unlimited and unpredictable based on the nature of … [Read more...] about Freedom of expression, security and patriotism
Five killed, 20 injured in horrific three-vehicle collision in Khuzdar on May 16, 2019A major road crash in the early hours of Wednesday killed at least five people at National Highway in Khuzdar; injuring twenty others.According to sources, three passenger buses jammed into each other at Khuzdar's area of Wadh, resulting in five deaths on the spot.The deputy commissioner noted that bodies and injured were moved to the hospital for medical treatment.Local police claimed … [Read more...] about Five killed, 20 injured in horrific three-vehicle collision in Khuzdar
CTD registers Quetta blast case under terror chargesBy: Agencies on May 15, 2019Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police station, on Tuesday, filed a First Information Report (FIR) of the Monday night's Mini Market Blast in Quetta.The case was lodged against unidentified men under the Anti-terrorism Act 1997 and The Explosives Act on the complaint of the Satellite Town Police Station SHO.On Monday, at least four policemen embrace martyrdom while 12 others were … [Read more...] about CTD registers Quetta blast case under terror charges
Quetta says no to plastic shopping bagsBy: News Desk on May 3, 2019The city administration, on Thursday, banned the sale and purchase of plastic shopping bags. Quetta Metropolitan Corporation (QMC) Administrator Farooq Langove noted that 12 plastic warehouses had been sealed in different parts of the city.He added, "Those producing and selling plastic bags were given two months. That deadline has now expired." Quetta is introducing biodegradable shopping bags … [Read more...] about Quetta says no to plastic shopping bags