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ISLAMABAD: After implementation of 18th amendment, there are many institutions that are devolved to provincial governments from center. Due to some differences on the issue, provincial governments are reluctant to accept these institutions. National Education Foundation (NEF) is one of them where around 15000 teachers and 2000 other employees are expected to become jobless. Similar is the case with National Commission of Human Development (NCHD).

By: Haroon Baloch ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has become the worst country for journalists' safety. Journalist community strongly condemned brutal killing of investigative journalist Saleem Shehzad and staged a sit-in in front of parliament house. It resulted in formulation of a judicial commission that is investigating the matter. 

By: Haroon Baloch

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By: Haroon Baloch Floods in Pindi's Nullah Lai have quite often proved to be the deadliest for people living on both banks, suffer the most. 

By: Haroon-ur-Rasheed ISLAMABAD , (July 7, 2011): The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has been waiting for ‘go ahead’ from Sindh and Punjab provinces to grab 200 million gallons per day water from Indus River , so to resolve chronic water deficiency problem of Islamabad/Rawalpindi residents. This correspondent learnt this from CDA administration where an official talking to this correspondent said, “Allocation of Indus Water for the twin cities’ residents seems bone of contention between the provinces and CDA, which has been lingering the execution of this valuable project.” During the recent meeting of Council of Common Interest (CCI) held on 31 st May, 2011 in the chair of Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, it has been enforced to settle the issue of water allocation from the provinces as soon as possible, so to kick off with this project. As per CDA, feasibility has already been completed, whereas PC-I of the scheme, at a cost of Rs. 37405.58 million with FEC o

By: Haroon Baloch   First decade of 21 st century yielded mere crises for Pakistan . In post 9/11 era, war imposed by US and its allies caused major setbacks to country's growth and prosperity. Around $70 billions have been spent from nation's taxes in 10 years to fight war against terror in Pakistan , sacrificed around 40 thousand lives including 7000 troops. Loss is impossible to calculate when it comes to analyze hesitant foreign investment. Apart from flour, sugar, earthquake, floods and others crises Pakistani nation has seen in first 10 years of the century, the most threatening one to our economy is energy crisis. According to careful estimates, over 0.45 million people have become jobless and figure is expected to go higher in upcoming years. Government of Pakistan has remained incapable of delivering the results since it pledged to fight with energy crisis, gifted by previous regime, apart from ensuring Roti, Kapra aur Makan . What we have seen, gover

Smart Vote Campaign Introduced in Pakistan by a Private NGO to educate yougsters about the importance of vote. Largest chunk of Pakistani population doesn't know about strength of vote and its impact on their lives. NGO aims to let youngsters know about its impact on their lives and also to bring their elected members in open accountability exercises. By: Haroon Baloch

Haroon Baloch: Failures in Our ‘National Security’, Who’s Respons... : "By: Haroon Baloch A vindictive security lapse around Sunday midnight ensued into huge military loss exposing strengths of Pakistani nati..."

By: Haroon Baloch A vindictive security lapse around Sunday midnight ensued into huge military loss exposing strengths of Pakistani national security, leaving thousands of questions in the minds of countrymen and answering alike-wise to enemies. Pakistan Navy sacrificed around $75 million P-3C Orions and 10 lives during assault with anti-state elements. Physical damage may be measureable but the actual loss in terms of disclosure is indeterminate. Frequency of such attacks on security forces has rapidly increased and strategy has changed during the past 18 months or so, which also included two major assaults on Pakistani security forces where enemies or so called terrorists succeeded in penetrating deep into their camps and engaged security forces in combats. First attempt was made on General Headquarter of Pakistan Army in Rawalpindi back in October 2009 when terrorists breached security check points while disguising themselves into army uniforms and using fake identities. 11 troo

By: Haroon Baloch May 16, 2011 Nationalism lacks in our society since everyone is carrying different agendas. Pakistani federation constitutes of several nations, but recognition is still missing at very large. Sindh, Balochistan, Punjab, Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Kashmir are majorly considered provincial divisions, but there are other chunks populations struggling for being recognized and to enjoy their self-determination rights. Saraiki population is one of major populations in Pakistan, around 60 million of total, dwell largely in northwestern and southern Punjab. Similarly, Hazara people share equal land of Northwestern part of the country and a couple of other populations on the similar pattern. Somewhere 1200 kilometers from Pakistani federal capital in southwestern part of the country, it has become a traditional news of bullet-riddled corpses found of missing Baloch nationalists. They were kept in hiding by state security forces since they were demanding th

By: Haroon Baloch ISLAMABAD, April 28: Sunny spring at its bloom.   ISLAMABAD, April 30: Sunny spring at its bloom.  ISLAMABAD, April 30: Sunny spring at its bloom.

Talibs Enjoying their Game in Early Hours By: Haroon Baloch After signing in my office on bright and sunny morning of Islamabad in spring 2011, while having my breakfast at "Dhaba" behind the posterior boundary of my office, it was amazing to see these young chaps playing cricket in a vacant plot of CDA (Capital Development Authority). All of a sudden I thought how to convey my foreign media fellows, can such little Talibs be threat to world's peace? Who is responsible for damaging Pakistan's image?   ISLAMABAD, April 29: Talibs enjoying their early hours of morning at 'Dhabba".  ISLAMABAD, April 29: Talibs, gathering in field outside Madrassah after their morning lesson. ISLAMABAD, April 29: Two teams of Talibs playing cricket. ISLAMABAD, April 29: A few of them while waiting their turn to bat. ISLAMABAD, April 29: One of the mates is ready to pull a shot for a boundary. ISLAMABAD, April 29: While taking run after bang

Haroon Baloch January 07, 2011 The pace of development in South Asia has always remained questionable, mainly attributed to outsized populations. China, the world’s largest population, neighbors the second largest India, as well as the seventh largest population Pakistan. Environmental concerns of the region are reciprocal to their populations. Developed industrial countries are considered responsible for the international environmental crises, while developing countries bear the brunt of negative consequences as they lack resources and capabilities to control this grave problem.  In Pakistan, pity natural resource management over years and high population growth exacerbated environmental menace. Yet having strategically important location in the region, the country faces serious threats in terms of food security and energy crises mainly due to shortage of water, an issue which is drastically ambiguous. Sufficiency in agriculture production highly depends on the wat

By  Haroon Baloch February 25, 2011 Turkey, about two decades past, was as striving an economy as Pakistan right now, but due to its commitment to its nation and prolonged democratic political spell, Turkey stands among G-20 member states today. In fact, Turkey has attained the status of 15th largest economy of the world with GDP levels almost tripled to USD 618 billion in 2009, up from USD 231 billion in 2002, while GDP per capita soared to USD 8,590, up from USD 3,500 in the given period. Turkish economy has been flourishing leaps and bounds, as Turk Government in general and AK Party (Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi) a.k.a. conservative Justice and Development Party in particular, have extensively focused on currency reforms, housing projects, social security and healthcare, support for SMEs, foreign policy for Africa & Near East, logistic, tax, educational, and tourism reforms, whereby it has reshaped post 2002 and Turkey has rapidly jumped into top 20 progressive economi

By:  Haroon Baloch January 21, 2011 Blasphemy Law, Article 295-C of Pakistan Penal Code, is not one of its kind of law applicable only in Pakistan to those who violate the sanctity of religion or prophets, but similar laws are also present in other countries, too, like Germany, where Article 166 of the Strafgesetzbuch states that if a deed is capable of disturbing the public peace, blasphemy is actionable. In 2006, Manfred van H. a.k.a Mahavo was prosecuted for blasphemy in Germany. In India, Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code punishes hate speech, insults or attempts to insult the religion or the religious beliefs of any citizen with deliberate and malicious intention to outrage their religious feelings. In Finland, section 10 of chapter 17 of the Criminal Code relate to blasphemy. Unsuccessful attempts were made to rescind the section in 1914, 1917, 1965, 1970, and 1998. And there are more than dozen countries where blasphemy is felony and is actionable as manmade l

By: Haroon Baloch December 23, 2010 Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit to  Pakistan revisited olden times. Sino-Pak relationships root back in 1950 when diplomatic relations established and progressed through the period of time. Both the countries have gone through the thick and thin and ensured their full cooperation with devotion and commitment. During recent visit Chinese premier termed a Chinese quotation, “Good neighbor is much better than a distant relative.” Various articulations have come into observations pertaining as to why  China  is investing in Pakistan  at a huge canvas from energy to fishery and livestock sectors? What are the future prospects and what  Pakistan  needs to understand and grab from whole this? On the other hand, things are in déjà vu when it comes to strengthening Sino-India relationships as during recent visit of Wen Jiabao both the countries have pledged to promote their bilateral trade up to $100 billion in coming five years. D