Sardar Sanaullah Zehri and General Qadir Baloch join PML-N
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA, Jan 5: Leader of Pakistan Muslim League, Nawaz Sharif, has said after making judiciary independent, they have now to make the parliament autonomous to ensure autonomy for all the federating units. Speaking at a news conference on the occasion of joining of his party by ex-governor Balochistan Gen (r) Abdul [...]
Governor Magsi distributes degrees in 5th BUITMS Convocation
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA, Jan 05: Governor Balochistan Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi on Tuesday distributed degrees amongst graduates during 5th convocation of Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering & Management Sciences (BUTIMS) here on Tuesday. Governor Balochistan also awarded gold medals to students for their outstanding performance during their graduation period in the University. [...]
Rockets fired at Governor’s House in Quetta
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA, Jan 05: Two people including patient sustained injuries when two rocket shells landed on Civil Hospital Quetta and Governor House on Tuesday night. According to police, unidentified people had fired two rockets from unknown location. One of the rockets landed in the lawns of Governor’s House but could not explode. [...]
Top ten movers and shakers of the Balochistan government
By Malik Siraj Akbar 1-Mohammad Aslam Bhoothani: Bhoothani belongs to the Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-e-Azam). He is the current speaker of the Balochistan Assembly. He is in fact a king-maker who has got the ability to actively lobby on key issues. Despite belonging to the federalist PML-Q, he has nationalistic tendencies. He made headlines when [...]
CM Raisani announces two lakh rupees for Masthoi’s treatment
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani on Monday announced Rs. 200,000 for the medical treatment of Baloch journalist Irshad Masthoi who was electrocuted in Gwadar last week. A delegation of journalists, headed by Abdul Khaliq Rind, secretary general of the Balochistan Union of Journalists (BUJ), met Raisani after the [...]
Oil tankers’ owners demand protection, compensation
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: The All Pakistan Oil Tankers Association has strongly criticized the government for not safeguarding the highways and proving compensation to the drivers being killed, kidnapped in repeated violent cases taking place in different parts of the country. The members of the association staged a protest rally in front of the [...]
MPAs annoyed over delay in completion of highways in Balochistan
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly members expressed concern over the inordinate delay being observed in the completion of highways in the province. Parliamentary Leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Quaid-e-Azam) Jaffar Khan Mandokhel told the BA on a point of order that the state of highways in Balochistan was terrible and it [...]
Balochistan Assembly reposes trust in President Zardari
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly (BA) on Monday expressed full confidence in the leadership of President Asif Ali Zardari and appreciated his efforts for playing a key role in brining out a new consensus formula on the National Finance Commission (NFC) award among the center and the provinces. As the 14th session [...]
Nawaz Sharif calls for punishing Bugti murderers, release of missing persons
By Malik Siraj Akbar QUETTA: Former prime minister of Pakistan and the chief of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif said on Monday that the settlement of Balochistan issue was intertwined with punishing the murderers of Nawab Akbar Bugti and immediately releasing all the missing persons. He was speaking at a news conference [...]
No progress in Bugti Murder case yet
By Bari Baloch QUETTA: Despite lapse of two months, no progress has been made by police regarding investigation of assassination of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, who was martyred in a military operation in Balochistan in 2006. Family members of slain Baloch leader wanted to register the case against former President General (r) Pervez Musharraf and others [...]