Raisani calls for halt to media trial of President Zardari
The Baloch Hal News VINDAR (Balochistan): Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani has called for an immediate halt to the uncalled for media trial of the President of Pakistan, Mr. Asif Ali Zardari, by the vested interests. Addressing a big public meeting here on the occasion of the groundbreaking ceremony of Vindar Dam on [...]
President performs groundbreaking ceremony of Vindar Dam
The Baloch Hal News VINDAR (Balochistan): President Asif Ali Zardari here on Friday performed the ground-breaking ceremony of Winder Dam in Balochistan. The storage capacity of Winder Dam, to be completed in three years’ time, will be 36,484 acre feet of water and it will irrigate 20,000 acres of land and generate 300 kw electricity. [...]
Editorial: State of the media in Balochistan in 2009
In a report that described the outgoing year 2009 as a “crucial year for Pakistani journalists”, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has mentioned in detail the sufferings of the journalists in Balochistan, the conflict-stricken province of Pakistan. Balochistan is a hazardous zone for working journalists as they are required to report from a [...]
Exclusive pictures of Dilip Dass: A hero of 1970s Baloch movement
The Baloch Hal has acquired exclusive photographs of Dilip Dass, an active participant of the group of young non-Balochs who joined the armed resistance of Balochistan in the 1970s. Dilip Dass, the son of a senior officer of the Pakistan Air Force, was supposedly arrested by the Pakistani army, subjected to severe torture and killed [...]
Serving humanity is Benzir Bhutto’s mission: Senator Lashkari
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: Senator Lashkri Raisani, the president of Pakistan People’s Party Balochistan has said that his party was struggling for securing the political rights of people according to the vision of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto and people’s prosperity, peace and development is his party’s mission,. These views were expressed by President PPP Balochistan [...]
Editorial: The landmark NFC breakthrough
On the second day, the Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani witnessed signing of the historic NFC Award by all the four provincial chief ministers, finance ministers and non-official members of the National Finance Commission (NFC) in Gwadar. This event is significant particularly for Balochistan as it is expected to increase the share of revenue [...]
Rehman Malik holds India responsible for Baloch insurgency
The Baloch Hal News GWADAR: Interior Minister Rehman Malik has reiterated the official stance that Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) was involved in instigating the ongoing armed insurgency in Balochistan province. He said this while talking to reporters in Gwadar on Wednesday before attending the federal cabinet meeting which was chaired by [...]
Editorial: Gillani and shutter down strike meet in Gwadar
Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani visited the Baloch port town of Gwadar on Tuesday. In his two-day visit, the primer would inaugurate an international airport in Gwadar and many other “development projects”. It was the first visit of the head of the federal government to Balochistan after the unveiling of the much-hyped Balochistan package. [...]
Balochs mark Premier Gillani’s Balochistan visit with widespread protests
The Baloch Hal News QUETTA: Families of Baloch missing persons staged a protest rally on Tuesday to agitate on the disappearance of their relatives on the eve of Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani’s two-day long visit to Balochistan’s coastal town of Gwadar. A protest rally was taken out by the relatives of the Baloch [...]
Unprecedented federal cabinet meeting in Baloch sea
The Baloch Hal GWADAR: For the first time in the history, Pakistan’s federal cabinet will meet in the Gwadar seaport city on Wednesday as a unique move to assemble at a commercial vessel in the Arabian sea. Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, who will chair the meeting, has opted for the unusual step to [...]