QUETTA: A delegation of PML-N Parliamentarians from Balochistan here on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif at the Governor House.Federal ministers Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Khawaja Saad Rafiq and Abdul Qadir Baloch, former prime minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, as well as Minister of State Jam Kamal were also present during the meeting.The Prime […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, with its diverse culture, people and landscapes, has attracted 75 million tourists to the country, almost double to that a decade ago. Due to deteriorating security, the number of foreign tourists has gradually declined and the 2013 Nanga Parbat tourist shooting incident has terribly affected the industry. Moreover, foreign tourism in Pakistan is at […]
LONDON: Lawyers for a leading activist from Quetta’s ehtnic Shia Hazara community made a last-minute plea on Thursday to stop his deportation from Britain. Liaquat Ali Hazara, 36, told AFP in a phone interview from the detention centre where he is being held in England that his lawyers had applied to cancel the expulsion set for […]
QUETTA: Levies force recovered an abducted person after encounter in Bolan town area on Saturday. Acting on a tip off, the Levies force conducted a ra Quetta News Sources
KARACHI: While on the run, a mother and daughter meet a cynical truck driver who reluctantly but eventually agrees to take them on. As we traverse the landscape with them, we discover how their destinies become entwined. Often in life, the quest for love and freedom comes with a price and that’s what Afia Nathaniel, […]
KARACHI: Relatives of missing people started 1,200 kilometre long march from Karachi to Islamabad with the hope to recover their loved ones.The two dozen men, women and children had camped in Karachi for three weeks after walking 700 kilometres from Quetta.According to media reports, government has also been started preparations of legal draft against forced […]
QUETTA: Two bullet-riddled bodies of Afghan nationals were found in Satellite Town in Quetta city on Thursday. Police officer Imran Shabir has said the bodies were found dumped near the railway track in a desolated place near Gusabad area. The bodies were identified as 31-year-old Abdul Majeed s/o Hamid Khan and 29-year-old Mohammed Azeem s/o Hamid […]
QUETTA: Two bullet-riddled bodies of Afghan nationals were found in Satellite Town in Quetta city on Thursday. Police officer Imran Shabir has said the bodies were found dumped near the railway track in a desolated place near Gusabad area. The bodies were identified as 31-year-old Abdul Majeed s/o Hamid Khan and 29-year-old Mohammed Azeem s/o Hamid […]
QUETTA: Two bullet-riddled bodies of Afghan nationals were found in Satellite Town in Quetta city on Thursday. Police officer Imran Shabir has said the bodies were found dumped near the railway track in a desolated place near Gusabad area. The bodies were identified as 31-year-old Abdul Majeed s/o Hamid Khan and 29-year-old Mohammed Azeem s/o Hamid […]
ISLAMABAD: Apathetic police machinery, an inept justice system, inherently patriarchal attitudes and family ‘honour’ are some of the reasons rape victims and their families avoid lodging cases. Social activist Naghma Imdad said this while presenting her research paper, “Social and legal responses to rape-knowledge, attitudes and practices”, at the Nomad Art Gallery here on Thursday. […]
