Category: Quetta

Quetta:A FIR was registered against Noor Muhammad Dumar, Provincial Minister for Public Health Engineering Department, his driver and three other persons at Civil Line Police Station here Friday.

The FIR was lodged on the complaint of Zahid Khan, Head Constable Special Branch who had been abused and tortured by the Provincial Minister and his private security guards while he was discharging official duties the entrance of Chief Minister’s Secretariat.

QUETTA:An earthquake of 2.3 magnitudes with the depth of 16 KM jolted Kalat area of Balochistan.

According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), Islamabad, the epicenter of the earthquake was located 60KM east of Kalat.

However, no injuries were reported.

Quetta:Three people died in an accident in District Bolan of Balochistan.

Among the dead included one Haji Ghulam Dastagir, Haji Eid Muhammad and their friend. The deceased were residents of Pushtoonabad, an area of Quetta city.

The concerned administration was further investigating the matter.

Quetta:Despite lapse of 33 days, Neuro Surgeon Doctor Sheikh Ibrahim Khalil has not yet been recovered.

Doctors in all the government run hospitals are on strike. No services are provided at Out-Patients-Departments (OPDs), General Surgery and Radiology Departments due to which patients are confronting severe hardships.

According to patients, despite the closure of OPDs, fees were received on the counter of OPDs, but doctors were not available to provide treatment facilities to the patients. They blamed that doctors were on strike during day time whereas they ran their private clinics in the evening.

They demanded that the government should take notice of the double standard policy of doctors.

On the other side spokesman of Doctors Action Committee Dr. Kaleemullah said that no further action in the safe recovery of Neuro Surgeon Doctor Sheikh Ibrahim Khalil raised questions on the performance of government. He said that strike of doctors would continue till the recovery of abducted doctor.

Quetta:In an accident in a coalmine, three miner sustained severe injuries.

According to levies, caving in at Talib Lease coalmine near Harnai resulted in injuries to three miners.

They injured miners were taken out of coalmine and referred to Quetta for treatment after providing first aid.

Quetta:Traffic Police and Regional Transport Authority launched major crackdown on vehicles violating traffic rules and not fulfilling the criteria of fitness.

Crackdown commenced at Toor Nasar Chowk jointly by Quetta Traffic Police and Regional Transport Authority.

Team led by SP Traffic Ashiq Hussain and DSP Shabana Habib removed search lights from various trucks, buses and vehicles. Pressure horns, prohibited number plates and tinted glasses were also removed from several vehicles.

According to police authorities, dozens of vehicles were challenged for not possessing documents.

Police authorities were of the opinion that owing to search lights, traffic incidents were increasing in evening timing. During the crackdown Regional Transport Authority confiscated several vehicles for violating traffic rules and challans were served upon the drivers.

Hameedullah Muhammad Hasni Superintendent Regional Transport Authority said that vehicles not fulfilling fitness standard, without route permits, fixing additional seats and over loading were confiscated.

Quetta:President National Party and Ex-Chief Minister Balochistan Doctor Abdul Malik Baloch has felicitated newly elected office bearers of National Press Club (NPC), Islamabad.

The leader of National Party while congratulating newly elected office bearers of National Press Club (NPC), Islamabad stated that journalist community has confidence on their leaders who are the scions of fourth pillar of state with the prime responsibility of giving vent to the voice of downtrodden communities from Gilgit to Gwadar and Khyber to Karachi.

Dr Abdul Malik Baloch said that National Party believes in free expression of thoughts and would continue its role for protecting the constitutional and democratic right of freedom of expression and welfare of journalists.