In view of possible terrorist threats, various offices of NGOs in government buildings have been shifted to safer places on security grounds.Sources say that the Provincial Government has taken the said step to ensure safety of people as threats are being received since last many days that NGOs offices present in government buildings could be targeted.Thus taking belligerent action, NWFP government has decided to shift them to safer places in view of possible terrorist threats.Stringent security measures are being taken in this...
US Special Envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke has cancelled his visit to Jalozai camp on Thursday due to bad weather. According to the details, Richard Halbrooke was scheduled to visit Jalozai camp to meet internally displaced person and review the arrangements of their return but his visit was cancelled due to bad weather. On the other hand, Chairman Special Support Group Lt. Gen. Nadeem Ahmed visited Jalozai camp and told media men 1,30,000 families have returned back to their homes in Swat and Buner. 38...
Unknown assailants gunned down a Principal of a school after spraying bullets on him here in Quetta on Thursday.According to details, unknown assailants who were on a motorcycle gunned down a Principal of High School Haji Muhammad Mohsin Ansari who was walking on the road.He died on the spot. Police have handed over his dead body to his family members amid cries and fright.Soon after the incident, Frontier Corp. Balochistan has cordoned off the area while search for the culprits is underway in this rega...
Several villages have reportedly been flooded, thousands of people have been rendered homeless, and crops destroyed due to breakage in the Damani Dam caused by heavy rains here in Barkhan area of Balochistan Province. 120 acre of land in District Barkhan has submerged and due to flash floods many slum areas have been completely destroyed due to which 15 to 20,000 people have been badly affected. Cattle, animals and crops have also been swept away by the flash floods.SDO Barkhan Jumma Khan told that repair work on the Dam was...
At least 3 people were wounded in a blast occurred in "Chat" shop situated at Liaquat Bazaar, the busiest bazaar of Quetta.According to details, some women went in to Chat house and ate Chat there and once they left, the blast occurred, causing injuries to 3 people who were working in the shop at Hari Kishan Road .The first floor of the shop was partially damaged in the blast while windowpane of some nearby buildings was also shattered.Ambulances and Police reached at the site. According to bomb disposal squad, home-made bomb...
Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has approved the allocation of candidates to various occupational groups in the civil service on the basis of CSS 2008 results as per Federal Public Service Commission’s recommendation.For the first time in history of civil service, Balochistan has been allocated 28 seats, while previously only single digit quota for Balochistan was earmarked.The batch of 357 candidates recommended by the FPSC will be the largest batch ever appointed by the Government, whose occupational group-wise distribution...
