Balochistan Quotes

“The Best Teachers teach from the heart and not from the Book”
― Annonimous

“The second thing that tore at my heart was the sight of educated yet jobless Baluch youngsters addicted to drugs. The landscape changed non-stop, but the story of deprivation and misery remained the same throughout the belt. NA-260 (Quetta-cum-Chagai-cum-Mastung) was considered the largest electoral constituency of Pakistan, spread over 700 kilometres and bordering Iran and Afghanistan. It was not only an administrative impossibility to govern, but had the additional challenges of stretching from a Pashtun stronghold in Quetta into a mainly Baluch belt. Cross-border smuggling and infiltration was a huge additional complication.”
― Reham Khan, Reham Khan

“If winning hearts and minds matter in Balochistan than the military and civil establishment are doing everything to loose on that end.”
― Arzak Khan

“Balochistan was refused legitimacy for its nationhood with the creation of Pakistan due to the geographical location and the rich natural resources. The story would have been completely different if this has been a barren land.”
― Nilantha Ilangamuwa

“The room in Quetta where I’d stayed was hit by a rocket just three days after my departure. I escaped the rockets, the firing and the bomb blasts, not to mention the rampant abductions of Baluchistan.”
― Reham Khan, Reham Khan

“During the 1960s, Nevard had only to deal with angry letters to his editor, Americans influenced by Pakistani civil servants, and stringers modifying their stories under official guidance. By 2006, the Times’ Carlotta Gall discovered that Pakistan’s security apparatus had become far more pugnacious. ‘After five days of reporting in and around Quetta, Pakistan, I had somehow irritated the secretive but powerful Directorate for Inter Service Intelligence, the ISI,’ she wrote in her book The Wrong Enemy, describing the day Pakistani agents raided her hotel room.”
― Husain Haqqani, Reimagining Pakistan: Transforming a Dysfunctional Nuclear State

“A journalist, will tell you about a place not too far from here, where the tribal belt of Balochistan province starts, where the women are not given any shoes. When you don’t understand what he means, he will impatiently explain, ‘If you’re not wearing shoes and you walk outside, where will your eyes remain? You’ll never look up—never look at any man—if you’re scared of where your naked foot might fall when you leave your home.”
― Sanam Maher, The Sensational Life and Death of Qandeel Baloch

“The Pakistani government is keen to bring about a revolution in Balochistan through projects of infrastructure and human development.”
― Imran Khan

“I found the newly launched Government of Balochistan’s website a user-friendly browsing experience for those people who need a single window to get quick and useful information about the diversity of the Province including its rich History, Culture, Civilization, Ethinic Diversity, Tourism, Coast Belt, Flora and Fauna etc. It also highlights the initiatives.”
― Jam Kamal Khan, Chief Minister Balochistan

“It gives me immense pleasure to learn that the Government of Balochistan has launched its website wherein all the relevant information about the Province including its History, Culture and Heritage, Tourist attractions, Development activities, Mega Projects, and investment opportunities besides the information about all the Government Departments, have been provided.”
― Justice (R) Amanullah Yasinzai, Governer Balochistan

“CPEC has entered a new phase of high-quality development focusing on industrial, agricultural and socio-economic cooperation. The Matiari-Lahore project will contribute to the stable power supply in Pakistan and promote the industrialization of the country.”
― Nong Rong, Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan

“The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has taken this relationship to new heights. It has contributed significantly to the development of port, roads, and energy infrastructure in Pakistan. CPEC has now entered into the second phase with a focus on industrial cooperation, trade, agriculture, and socio-economic development”
― Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri, Foreign Office Spokesperson

“The CPEC is as important to China as it is to Pakistan and we will continue to work day and night to bring it to more fruition”
― Peng Zhengwu, Acting Consul General Chinese Consulate General

“We are preparing development plans according to the needs and issues of the people of the province”
― Jam Kamal Khan Alyani, Chief Minister Balochistan

“The provincial government has allocated Rs189 billion for the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) and all areas of the province would get development schemes and no area would be ignored.”
― Mir Zahoor Ahmed, Balochistan Minister for Finance

“The government will also receive resources from mines and minerals, and other such revenue generating departments. During the current financial year, Balochistan received its complete share from the federal government as projected in the federal budget for 2020-21.”
― Mir Zahoor Ahmed, Balochistan Minister for Finance

“The government has included 3,836 development schemes in the PSDP 2021-22. These include 2,285 new and 1,501 ongoing schemes. During the next financial year, 1,647 development schemes will be completed as funds have already been released for these schemes that also include those schemes which had been launched many years back. The government has allocated Rs112 billion for the ongoing development schemes while 20% development budget has been allocated for new schemes. All efforts would be made to complete development projects in time.”
― Mir Zahoor Ahmed, Balochistan Minister for Finance

“The Government is investing in Health cards, water resources and management, education, health, and other development projects. “Health cards, BRC, Degree colleges, schools, sports complexes, cancer and other hospitals, dams and water reservoirs, we did almost everything for the people.”
― Jam Jamal Khan, Chief Minister Balochistan

“Food security was as important as national security for any country, therefore the government accorded special heed towards promotion of agriculture sector to make the country net food exporter in years to come”
― Jamshed Iqbal Cheema, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Food Security

“Now our women can visit the first Women Smart Police Station anytime without any hesitation and they will be welcomed and treated well by the women police staff deployed inside the Women Police Station”
― Muhammad Tahir Raye, Balochistan Inspector General of Police

“We have installed a modern digitalized system and trained the female police staff to keep connected the Women Police Station with other Police Station from across the province in order to receive complaints from every corner of Balochistan”
― Muhammad Tahir Raye, Balochistan Inspector General of Police