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FC Public School

Garrison Degree College, Quetta


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IUCN - Ziarat Juniper Project

Ziarat Juniper Project
Title
Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation into the Juniper Forest Ecosystem Production Landscape

Goal:
Make production activities in the Juniper forest ecosystem biodiversity friendly.

Reduce the negative impacts of production activities in the livestock grazing and energy production sub-sectors.

Explore opportunities for biodiversity benefits from sustainable tourism, controlled hunting and watershed and ecosystem services.
To address the natural resource related issues by undertaking pilot initiatives in select communities to reduce the consumption of fuel-wood, timber and forage to a sustainable level; reducing risks to healthy Juniper trees from the dwarf mistletoe, fungi, Juniper berry, wasp and forest fires; and controlling or regulating land use to prevent cutting of Juniper trees for conversion of land to cultivation, housing and other uses.

Objectives:
To improve the condition of the Juniper forest ecosystem, in order to conserve biodiversity and increase the ecosystem`s contribution to sustainable development.

Outputs:
1. Conservation values and local communities stake in Juniper ecosystem management promoted through awareness raising, information collection and dissemination, and institutional development support to stakeholders in select communities of the project area.

2. An enabling environment for Juniper conservation, with strengthened human and institutional capacity of stakeholders, and policy and legal framework to support conservation efforts facilitated.

3. Reduced pressure on juniper forest natural resources use through technological substitution and social acceptance of resource use alternatives along with scientific interventions to help arrest resource depletion.

4. Broadened local economy base for poverty alleviation through promotion of alternative livelihoods, enterprise development and better marketing practices.

5. A system of collaborative forest management for conservation and sustainable management of juniper ecosystem developed and implemented on pilot basis.

6. A monitoring and evaluation system for measuring project`s socio-economic, ecological, and technical impacts. Along with project`s progress and process monitoring in place and operating.

 

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Mangi Dam is located near Ziarat in Balochistan, Pakistan. has a height of 18 m (59 ft) and storage capacity of 130,000 m3 (105 acre·ft). It was constructed at a cost of US$ 36.88 million

MANGI DAM Project Ziarat

 

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Reference:
Associated Press Of Pakistan ( Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency ) - New Gwadar International Airport to be completed by 2014

New Gwadar International Airport to be completed by 2014
ISLAMABAD, Dec 2 (APP): The under construction New Gwadar International Airport,which was due to be completed by end of 2013, would now be completed by December 2014 According to official sources here, the PC-1 of New Gwadar International Airport Project was approved in September 2008 with implementation schedule of 48 months.The initial Site Protection Work was started in January 2009 with a planned completion time of 10 months.
However, due to law and order situation of the area and frequent interruption extensions have been granted to the contractor. Consequently, the progress remained slow and the project schedule was affected adversely.
Presently, only 27.73 percent progress was achieved with regards to Site Protection Work by Frontier Works Organization (FWO).
The remaining works on the airside infrastructure, terminal building, cargo and allied services are at planning stage with consultant M/s NESPAK.
The sources informed that considering the uncertainty associated with the project, no definite date for completion of this project can be ascertained.
The planning of the project depends on successful launching of remaining works, provided peace and harmony prevailed in the area and subject to completion of Site Protection Work, amicable resolution of land disputes with the locals, remaining works can be planned to be completed by December.




Reference

http://www.awaztoday.com/News_Rs-7675-mln-approved-for-Gwadar-airport_1_4235_Political-News.aspx


ISLAMABAD: Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved Rs. 7,675 million (including Omani grant of $ 17.50 million) for the construction of new Gwadar International Airport (NGIA) and allied facilities.

Planning and Development Division told state news agency that project envisages construction of Gwadar International Airport over a piece of land already acquired measuring 4,300 acres.

The new airport will be capable of handing a combination of ATR 72, Airbus, (A-300), Boeing (B-737) for domestic as well international routes. These aircrafts can be combi type, if the cargo off-take is substantial.

The construction of NGIA will be undertaken in phase programme. The short-term need (Ist phase—up to year 2020) includes all the basic facilities which are essential for the operation of and airport.

The runway configuration will be able to provide up to 50 operations per hour and the terminal will be capable of serving more than 300000 passengers annually.


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Ziarat

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Pak-Turk delegation visit Balochistan Chief Minister

Date posted: December 19, 2013Chief Minister of the province Balochistan, Pakistan, Abdul Malik Baloch received a delegation of Pak-Turk Schools’ and several other affiliated institutions’ officials at his residential office. The delegation included the schools’ General Manager, Unal Tosur; Deputy General Manager, Fesih Celik; Kimse Yok Mu Foundation’s representative to Pakistan, Ozcan Inan; the businessmen association Radiant’s Secretary General, Huseyin Yilmaz, and the dialog center Rumi Forum’s President, Suat Erguvan.The general manager Tosur spoke on behalf of the delegation: “We as Pak-Turk schools have been operating at 22 facilities in 4 provinces across Pakistan. As far as we have observed, like in many Muslim countries, three big problems exist in Pakistan: ignorance, poverty and disunity. Pak-Turk Schools are trying their best to curb the first one, ignorance. As for poverty, I believe, we will be able to alleviate it, to some extent, through the prospective cooperation among the two countries’ businessmen and alms giving. Lastly, in an effort to achieve unity and solidarity, dialogue platforms alongside various gatherings will pave the way.”>In an expression of gratitude for the schools’ and affiliated institutions’ efforts, Baloch said, “We as Pakistanis are most like Turks, who are very dear to us. What I would like you to do is to show a particular interest to Balochistan. I would like you to home in on our province as Balochistan needs what you’ve just mentioned more than any other province.” The visit came to an end with a group picture and Tosur’s presenting a memento to the minister Baloch.

 

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Natural Resource rich area of Balouchistan a major tourist attraction

Chamalang Coal Mines.

Rs 6 billion generated from Chamalang Coalmines project
By Rehan Khattak
LORALAI, Jul 1 (APP): Marris and Lunis tribes have appreciated Pakistan army’s role for providing security to Chamalang coalmines project and resolving years old intra-tibal conflict.The resolution has made possible excavation of 1.5 million tons coal worth Rs 6 billion since its reactivation in 2007.Chamalang coalmines located 70 KM south east of Lorali, have proven deposits of appoxamiately 500 m tons worth Rs 2000 billion.The deposits were discovered in 1973 but excavation could not start till 2006 due to ownership dispute between Marri tribe (Baloch) Luni ( Pushtoon).

The tripartite agreement was signed in 2006 between Marris, Lunis, contractor and government of Balochistan through active facilitation of the army cough cough .. Musharaf.

JOB CREATION

At present 800 army personnel, 250 Frontier Corps, 450 Balochistan constabulary, 50 Kohlu Police and 2005 personnel of Chamalang Levies all from Marri tribes were employed for security of the project.

The project is largest revenue generation project after Saindak and Chaghi marble mines.
Chamalang project overall employs 73,926 people that include coal mining labours, contractors, chamalang levies
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Total monthly pay of 2005 levies is Rs 14 million and each individual getting salary of Rs 6500-8000.
The army has launched number of social sector development projects that include Chamalang beneficiary health program (CBHP) and Chamalang beneficiaries education program (CCEP).
In CBHP five doctors and paramedics staff were employed and nine free medical camps were held in quarterly basis and over patients 47000 patients were treated so far.
Besides, army has constructed four labour colonies( 220 Barracks) and provision of other civic amenities completed by government of Balochistan.


Lets not forget who cleared up the militarized areas between 2000-2007 for such projects to help
local Balouch get jobs

SOCIAL PROGRAMS
Army is also running 25 beded hospital on adhoc basis and giving free of cost treatment to local people. Under CBEP programme over 4183 Baloch students were being sponsored-692 outside Balochsitan including 15 girls.
The yearly expenditure on the programme is Rs. 73.38 million and hostel accommodation is being provided to 100 students in Quetta and 40 in Zhob.

The future progamme includes expansion of road towards adjoining areas of Lunda, Noesham an Behlol and opening up of alternate route (Lunda-Qilla Walayat -Barkhan-Rahhni) for coal transportation.
The project of constructing tow coal powered electricity generation plants (100-150 MW) using chamalang coal by government of Punjab , private sector at DG Khan and Rahim Yar Khan are also on card.

 

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Balochistan govt to set up 2,000 girls schools


Reference:
Balochistan govt to set up 2,000 girls school with UNICEF help - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

QUETTA: Balochistan government has decided to establish 2,000 girls schools across the province with the technical and financial support of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef) and Global Partnership.

Girls schools would be established in Balochistan's backward and far-flung areas.

"Global Partnership has already decided to provide 34 million dollars in this regard", Sanaullah Panezai, Unicef's Balochistan chief on education told Dawn.com on Tuesday.

Moreover, adviser to the Chief Minister Balochistan on Education, Sardar Raza Muhammad Bareech stated that the education department has evolved a strategy with the financial and technical support of Unicef other organisations to make sure provision of education to children of the province.

"Our government's priority is education", he said, adding that all out efforts were being made to ensure early childhood education in the province.

He stated that Global Partnership has committed the amount to educate kids of Balochistan.

Sardar Bareech said that the recently prepared Balochistan Education Sector Plan was endorsed by all donor agencies and organisations working for the promotion of education in the country.

"We are decentralising powers to districts to solve issues relating to the education on priority basis", he added.

"We are striving to open new schools and make functional the dysfunctional schools", he said that under the new plan 300 primary and middle schools would also be upgraded.

According to government of Balochistan 2.3 million children were still out of schools in the province, plagued by continued Baloch insurgency and growing sectarianism.

"These schools would be set up within three years time", Panezai said.

The Balochistan education department has already prepared an education sector plan to ensure implementation of article 25-A of the Constitution.

Girls schools under the proposed program would be established within 2 kilometres of each other to make sure maximum enrollment of girls.

Mr. Panezai said a third party would conduct survey regarding establishment of new schools to ensure transparency in terms of merit.

Under the plan, school can only be established in those area where there are local girls teachers and the enrollment is 25 to 30.

"The data about schools would be web-based so that everyone could access it", the Unicef education chief stated.

The amount would also be spent on establishment of shelters of schools and provision of clean drinking water to kids in the province.

Apart from this, Mr Panezai informed that Unicef was developing a Human Resource Information Data, Education Management Information System and Geological Information System of Balochistan Education Department as part of ongoing reforms and ensuring transparency.

Balochistan legs behind other provinces in terms of ten key social indicators including education, health, sanitation and clean drinking water among others.

Chief Minister Dr Malik Baloch-led-government has for the first time in the history of the province, allocated 24 per cent budget for education sector to bring it at par with other parts of the country.

Gwadar Port Civic Center

The Ministry of Ports and Shipping and Gwadar Port Authority initiated the Project of building a modern Civic Centre Building in the heart of the Gwadar City to set a model for the upcoming buildings in the future and to develop the underprivileged area of Gwadar in particular and Balochistan in general.
The Civic Center is offering comfortable and state of the art office accommodations, shops as well as residential flats to cater for administrative and residential needs of various organizations & Private persons.


PROJECT SALIENT FEATURE
Project location = Airport Road Gwadar
Total Covered Area = 44,767 SFT
Ground plus Mezzanine = Shopping Mall
Total Nos. of Shops/Offices = 35 Nos.
Bank = 02 No.
NADRA = 01 No
Pass Port Office = 01 No.
Utility Store = 01 No.
WAPDA = 01 No.
SSGC = 01 No.
PTCL/NTC = 01 No.
Typical Plan for Apartments = 03 Floors.
Apartments on each floor = 04 Nos.
Total Number of Apartments = 12 Nos
Construction Cost of Project = Rs. 227.0 Million
Date of commencement = 26th March 2007.

Actual Date of Completion = 08th March 2012

 

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Gwadar: Zaver Pearl Continental Hotel

 

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Kachhi Canal Project

Water being provided in new areas

Marani Canal

Water !!! being provided for irrigation of land

 

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Students are present on the occasion of Annual Convocation Day ceremony of Balochistan University of Information Technology Engineering and Management

Let the revolution begin with Education

Baluchistan University

 

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Seikh Zaid Hospital Quetta , Baluchistan

Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Hospital Under construction

 

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Balouch cadets in ceremony

Mean while , the port has started to be OPERATIONAL

 

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Balochistan govt spends Rs 350m on development schemes

Balochistan government has released 350 million rupees for the development of Duki Tehsil.

This was stated by MPA Muhammad Nasir, while chairing a meeting to review the ongoing and new development schemes at Loralai.

He said the amount would be spent on education, health, drinking water, construction of farm to market roads, and irrigation schemes.

He said that Duki would be made a model tehsil to enable the people to enjoy all basic facilities.

Radio Pakistan



Balochistan to implement ‘Healthy Balochistan’ programme

The Balochistan government has announced to launch a ‘Healthy Balochistan’ programme to improve child healthcare and eradicate polio from the province.

Addressing a meeting in Quetta Friday, provincial Health Minister Rehmat Baloch said strengthening the routine immunisation against nine diseases including polio, and introduction of new vaccines for pneumonia are part of the programme.

Radio Pakistan

 

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Duki to have 50-bed hospital soon

6th April, 2014

Federal Government will build a 50-bed hospital Duki tehsil of Loralai district, Balochistan MPA Sardar Dur Mohammad Nasar said on Sunday.

During his visit to the Civil Hospital Duki, he said Rs 41 million have been allocated from his MPA fund for the repair work of hospital and the work will start soon.

He said ECG, X-ray and ultrasound machines will be provided to the hospital soon.

Radio Pakistan



Parks to be established in Balochistan: Babet

7th April, 2014

Advisor to Chief Minister Balochistan on Forests and Wildlife Obaidullah Babat has said that the provincial government is taking concrete measures for the efficient preservation of world's rarest trees available in Balochistan.

Talking to provincial Forests department officials in Quetta, he said the nature has bestowed the province with rarest biodiversity and concrete measures would be taken for their preservation.

He said the department is taking a number of initiatives including setting up of new national parks besides taking strict measures against the hunting of wildlife in the province

Radio Pakistan

 

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1.5 million saplings planted in Balochistan

7th April, 2014

Secretary for Forests and Wildlife Khuda-e-Raheem Ajbani has said more than 1.5 million saplings have been planted in Balochistan during the recent spring tree plantation campaign.

Talking to Radio Pakistan, he said 80,000 saplings were planted on roadsides, government offices and different schools and colleges in Quetta.

 

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Major need exists in Baluchistan for some high quality medical facilities and over all just like in many other cities of Pakistan

I wish that Pakistan introduces a "Universal" model for walk in clinics and Hospitals in general so equal quality of care is provided.

 

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Pakistan should sell the Financial institutions which Govt. is committed for and pay back China their $1 Billion and also invest in 2 Naval bases in Gwadar East and West.

Balouch Pakistan's proudly representing Pakistan forces

Currently, 15,000 soldiers from Balochistan are serving in the Pakistan Army. This number does not include officers, nor those from Balochistan serving in the Pakistan Navy and Air Force. Thus, at least 15,000 families from Balochistan have representation in the Pakistan Army. According to the Population Association of Pakistan (www.pap.org.pk), the average household size in Balochistan is 6.7, therefore, 100,500 people from Balochistan have either a father, son, brother or husband in the Pakistan Army. This is significant if we take into account the fact that the total population of Balochistan is only 10 million.

Lets not forget the role of President and Ex Army Head Mushraf Sahib when he got investment from china in 2001

Reference:
China’s interests in Balochistan | Monthly Bolan Voice
Despite this, during Mr. Zhu’s visit in 2001, the Chinese pledged US $ 240 million for the development of theGwadar port in Balochistan and another of US $ 200 million for the construction of coastal highway linking Karachi and Gwadar.

I wish that it will be increased to 110,000 young men.