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2 months ago | 
dawn.com | Muhammad Akbar Notezai |Rafia Zakaria
For her thesis, Hani Baloch sketched images on the theme of Baloch missing persons on the traditional Balochi dress While growing up in Quetta, 24-year-old Hani Baloch did not experience the happy and safe childhood that most people take for granted.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Muhammad Akbar Notezai |Mohammad Yaqoob |Abbas Nasir |Muhammad Amir Rana
Mir Hazar Khan Marri: Muzahimat Se Mufahimat TakBy Ammar Masood and Khalid FareedSang-e-Meel PublicationsISBN: 978-969-35-3609-6280pp. The state has always shied away from telling the truth about Balochistan and the people of Balochistan. When it comes to the troubles in Balochistan, official versions, including textbooks, talk about ‘traitors’ and ‘hidden hands’ and hold the sardars [tribal chieftains] responsible for most of the problems.
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Muhammad Akbar Notezai |Abbas Nasir
At the recently reopened CAFÉ Dawn in Quetta, the first thing one spots is the gramophone on the counter as one enters. The owner, Abdul Qadir Rind, is busy entertaining visitors when he spots me. After a brief exchange of greetings, we find ourselves a table just as the late Lata Mangeshkar’s classic ‘Jiya beqarar hai’ starts playing on the gramophone.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Muhammad Akbar Notezai |Jawed Naqvi
IMRAN Victor and the now devastated platform of the Quetta Railway Station where he was having tea with his friend at the time of the explosion on Saturday.—Dawn A SOMBRE mood prevails over the grandiose Quetta Railway Station. The whiff of carnage that took place here two days ago is palpable in the air. The station, otherwise buzzing with passengers arriving in or leaving the city, is deserted. There are more police constables than travellers and more barbed wires than luggage or cargo.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Muhammad Akbar Notezai
QUETTA: They say only bad news from Balochistan makes the headlines; mostly it’s about armed attacks and the loss of life in incidents of terrorism. But today, the province finds itself at the centre of a spiralling polio crisis, with cases witnessing a surge over the past several months. With rising cases come vaccination drives, but many parents still consider immunisation “unnecessary”.
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Sep 7, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Muhammad Akbar Notezai
On January 27, 2024 in Quetta, the leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), Dr Mahrang Baloch, addressed a crowd of thousands, which comprised men and women, many of them young students.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Muhammad Akbar Notezai
ON A misty night in February, the headlights of the blue pickup trucks — known as Zambad could be seen laboriously making their way like ants along the dilapidated Turbat-Buleda road in the hilly north of district Kech, Balochistan. They are carrying smuggled oil from Iran to Pakistan. Despite the passage of almost three decades, the Turbat-Buleda road project remains incomplete. And yet, the same road has been ‘inaugurated’ several times, including by General Qamar Javed Bajwa as army chief.
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Aug 3, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Muhammad Akbar Notezai
IN a far corner of the posh Jinnah Town, located in the heart of Quetta, a group of bikers are engaged in a heated argument at a petrol pump selling Iranian petrol on a cloudy Saturday. The reason for their dispute is the sudden surge in the price of Iranian petrol to Rs280 per litre, making it more expensive than petrol supplied by PSO petrol pumps across the city. Despite the pleasant weather, their discussion becomes increasingly heated.
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Jun 29, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Muhammad Akbar Notezai |Ashraf Jehangir Qazi
Over the last several years, Quetta’s Sariab Road, once the site of frequent terror attacks and explosions, has been transforming — for all the right reasons. For instance, the road is being constructed to transform it from a single road into a dual carriageway. A number of shopping malls have sprung up on this once notorious road over the last several years, which enjoy a good footfall, particularly from women.
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Jun 16, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Muhammad Akbar Notezai
LIKE many others in Chaman, Zaman Khan, a daily wage labourer in the city near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing, is struggling to make a living due to the border’s prolonged closure. The border has been shut for nearly seven months, since the start of a protest (dharna) during the interim government’s tenure before the 2024 general elections. Zaman, locally known as a laghri, used to earn Rs1,500 daily.
