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The Express Tribune (blog)
March 16, 2018
The recent election of Sadiq Sanjrani as the new Senate chairman brought Balochistan into the limelight. PHOTO: INP ... This achievement is even more remarkable given that his father was not a wealthy man, but a mere middle class government employee serving as a Chagai District Council member.
Xinhua
March 13, 2018
Sanjrani hails from a political family from Chagai district of the country's southwest Balochistan province. He was born on April 14, 1978, and received a Master Degree in Art from the Balochistan University. Sanjrani's father is considered one of the leading tribal elders in his native area and currently, he is aÃâà...
The Express Tribune
February 25, 2018
QUETTA: Despite passage of a year, 3G internet services are still suspended in Chagai, Pishin, Panjgoor, Killa Abdullah and a few other areas causing hardships for the consumers. All mobile phones' data and PTCL EVO wingle services had been switched off in February last year for security reasons butÃâà...
The Nation
February 24, 2018
Lahore - Balochistan chief minister Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo witnessed the match between Pishin and Quetta City in the divisional round of Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) Balochistan Football Cup 2018 at the Taj Lala District Football Ground, Pishin. According to information made available hereÃâà...
The Express Tribune
February 18, 2018
Twenty entrepreneurial female and 10 male farmers from districts Quetta, Nushki and Chagai, including some GoB extension and research staff, participated. This training was organized within the framework of the Australia Balochistan Agri Business Programme (AusABBA), financed by The AustralianÃâà...
The Express Tribune
February 12, 2018
ISLAMABAD: The National Highway Authority (NHA) has planned to construct a 200-kilometre road from Nokundi in Chagai district of Balochistan on Iran border to Panjgoor for providing a link to Gwadar Port, an official of NHA told APP on Monday. He said the NHA has issued a tender for hiringÃâà...
Pakistan Today
February 5, 2018
The apex court had taken a suo motu notice of human smuggling after the tragic discovery in Turbat, Balochistan of bullet-riddled bodies of around a dozen men, mostly from Punjab, who ... Meanwhile, Iranian authorities handed over 58 illegal Pakistani immigrants to FIA at Taftan border in Chagai district.
The Express Tribune
February 5, 2018
QUETTA: Two suspected drug smugglers were killed while another sustained injuries on Monday in an exchange of firing between the Frontier Corps (FC) in Balochistan's Chagai district. According to official sources, in the exchange of fire in the Siyah Reg area of Nokkundi a few smugglers managed fleeÃâà...
The Express Tribune
February 4, 2018
QUETTA: Eight people lost their lives in a firing incident over land dispute in Chagai district of Balochistan on Sunday. “The deadly clash that took place earlier over scuffle between the Mohammad Hasni tribe and the Afghan refugee tribe Noorzai,” said Dalbandin Assistant Commissioner HabibullahÃâà...
The News International
February 4, 2018
The new year was just around the corner when a group of a dozen tribesmen set off for Karachi from Balochistan's Chagai district. They drove non-stop and reached Sindh's bustling capital within a half day without running into any trouble. A little over a week later they made the headlines.
The Indian Express
February 4, 2018
Eight people were killed on Sunday after two groups opened fire on each other following a clash over a land dispute in Chagai district in Pakistan's Balochistan. Two of the dead were part of the Sumalani tribe while six belonged to Norzai tribe, the Express Tribune reported. The clash took place because ofÃâà...
The Nation
February 4, 2018
QUETTA - At least eight tribesmen were killed and several suffered injuries when a deadly clash erupted between two heavily armed tribes in Balochistan's Chagai district on Sunday. The Levies official confirmed that eight people died in the bloody land dispute in Baracha, the adjacent area to Pak-AfghanÃâà...
The Express Tribune
October 24, 2017
QUETTA: At least 11 people, including four women and a child, were killed and 30 others injured on Tuesday night after a passenger coach and a lorry had a head-on collision on the Quetta-Taftan National Highway near Dalbandin in Chagai district of Balochistan. Levies officials said that a speedingÃâà...
DAWN.com
December 31, 1999
Speaking at a public meeting in Dalbandin's town of Chagai district, he backed PTI chief Imran Khan's support for independent senators-elect from Balochistan in election of Senate chairman. He criticised the PML-N and PPP governments and said they did nothing for the development of Balochistan.
DAWN.com
December 31, 1999
Mr Sanjrani belongs to Chagai, the mineral-rich district of Balochistan having huge reserves of gold, silver, copper, iron ore, onyx, marble and other precious minerals. Saindak and Reko Diq copper-cum-gold sites are located in the district. Sadiq Sanjrani, who belongs to the docile Sanjrani Baloch tribe,Ãâà...
