Lockdown to badly affect Balochistan due to poverty: PM

Published
0
Prime Minister Imran Khan being briefed by officials during his visit to an isolation ward at the Bolan Medical College Hospital on Thursday. — PPI
Prime Minister Imran Khan being briefed by officials during his visit to an isolation ward at the Bolan Medical College Hospital on Thursday. — PPI

Prime Minister Imran Khan has said Balochistan will be the province most affected by the lockdown as its poverty level is more than any other part of the country due to joblessness of daily-wage earners and other poor people, as well as its impact on small business.

Read full story here.

Opinion

Editorial

Talks, at last
03 Oct, 2026

Talks, at last

YESTERDAY, the government and opposition finally sat across from each other and talked. A government-led coalition,...
IWT’s future
03 Oct, 2026

IWT’s future

TOGETHER with the Kashmir dispute, India’s unilateral suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty has become the biggest...
Pained minds
03 Oct, 2026

Pained minds

IN Pakistan, mental healthcare is wedged between two extremes — a luxury or a stigma. Estimates cited by the...
Risks ahead
Updated 02 Oct, 2026

Risks ahead

To think that the government would rather push out an elected government than grant a single prisoner some facilities does not square up rationally.
Exit from Iraq
02 Oct, 2026

Exit from Iraq

AMERICAN and British troops have once again shipped out of Iraq. On Wednesday, the foreign forces left the Arab...
Lahore’s ozone warning
02 Oct, 2026

Lahore’s ozone warning

LAHORE has received another warning that its air pollution crisis cannot be treated as a problem that begins with...