Balochistan Roundup 2017 on January 3, 2018Calendar year 2017 is almost over and it was not a good year for Balochistan just like most of the years in last one and half decades. Starting from terrorism, the number of bomb blasts reduced in 2017 as compared to 2016. This year 144 people were killed in 32 attacks whereas in 2016, 262 […]
Flawed reconstitution of CCI on September 1, 2017Pakistan has a unique federation where the largest federating unit, Punjab, has a greater share in federation as compared to all other units combined. This sort of arrangement results in distrust for obvious reasons. To settle issues relating to federation a Council of Common Interests (CCI) was constituted under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister. […]
Balochistan needs more districts or better administration? on August 17, 2017Quetta: Balochistan government upgraded Duki and Surab tehsils and notified them as districts under Section 6 of Balochistan Land Revenue Act of 1967, raising the number of districts in the province to 34. Some residents are excited that the notification will lead to increased education opportunities because as districts Duki and Surab will get more […]
What Nawaz Sharif did for Balochistan on August 5, 2017Nawaz Sharif, the three-time Prime Minister of Pakistan, was sent packing on 28th July after a court verdict. Since his ouster there have been lengthy and thought provoking debates on the legal standings of the verdict against him. However, there is also need to debate and analyze what four years rule of elder Sharif brought […]
Tough contest likely between BNP, JUI-F on July 15, 2017Quetta: More than a dozen candidates will contest NA-260, Quetta, by-poll today, but a tough competition is expected amongst Bahadur Khan Mengal of Balochistan National Party (BNP), Engineer Usman Badini of Jamiat-i-Ulema Islam (JUI-F), Jamal Tarakai of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) and Umair Muhammad Hassani of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). The seat was declared […]