Coalition partners like falcons: Raisani
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Khan Raisani has said that the coalition government in Balochistan was like a group of falcons and needs hard work to keep them united. He gave these remarks while responding to the point of order of MPA Dr. Fauzia Nazir Marri during the session of Balochistan [...]
Fauzia demands probe into Kohlu Package funds
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: Dr Fauzia Nazir Marri, MPA, has demanded special investigation into massive spending of public money on the so called Kohlu Package announced by the President of Pakistan. Speaking on a point of order, she took the floor of the Balochistan Assembly and claimed that the Government had allocated billions of [...]
Lawyers stage sit-in before BA
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: The Chief Minister, Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani is taking keen interest on the issue of kidnapped lawyer giving directives to the Provincial Police Officer, Balochistan, for early and safe recovery of Iftikhar-ul-Haq. H was whisked away a week back on broad daylight in this provincial capital. Provincial Finance Minister Mir [...]
School boy kidnapped in Quetta
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: A schoolboy was kidnapped while he was on his way to school near Mastung Road, here on Thursday. According to sources, a student of 9th class, Hazratullah was on his way to school when armed men intercepted him on Mastung Road, and whisked him away at gun point to undisclosed [...]
BHC takes suo motto notice of lawyer’s kidnapping
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: Balochistan High Court has taken Suo Motto notice over the kidnapping of BHC lawyer Iftikhar-ul-Haq and asked the Home Secretary, CCPO Quetta, Advocate General to appear before the Court on March 29. Chief Justice of BHA Justice Qazi Feiz Issa has issued notices to the concerned officials. Unidentified people kidnapped [...]
FAO, WFP launch Food facility plan
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: The European Union Food Facility Project under Food Agriculture Organisation (FAO) umbrella will be started soon in four districts of Balochistan where the small-scale farmers having 2 to 4 hectares of agriculture land will be the beneficiaries. On Thursday, the representatives of FAO addressed the media persons saying that the [...]
Ban on stage plays unjustified
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: General Secretary Friends Art Production and Welfare Society Attaullah Jan has said that ban on stage dramas in Quetta is unjustified and demanded of the government to lift ban on stag plays. In a statement issued here Thursday, he said that the ban on plays and drama festivals causing financial [...]
Traders oppose removal of FC check posts
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: Anjuman-e-Tajran here Thursday opposed the demand of Balochistan Parliamentarians regarding the removal of Frontier Check posts in Balochistan. In a statement, issued here on Thursday, the president Anjuman-e-Tajran Rahim Kakar along with other office bearers said that before the deployment of FC, tracks carrying goods along Quetta-Taftan, Mangochar and Bolan [...]
Driver killed, 2 injured in truck, coach collision
The Baloch Hal News KHUZDAR: A truck driver was killed and two persons, including a woman, were injured in a truck-coach collision in Wadh Thursday. According to details, a truck and a goods coach collided in Wadh along RCD highway 38 miles south of Khuzdar today. Truck driver Muhammad Alam died on the scene. Two [...]
Balochistan: Pakistan’s broken mirror
Baloch children hold up nationalist posters. Photographs by Asim Hafeez for The National Islamabad’s brutal attempts to crush ethnic Baloch nationalism have met with fierce, escalating resistance – and have laid bare the strains that threaten the founding idea of Pakistan. Madiha R Tahir reports from the rallies, homes and hospital rooms of the fifth [...]