• December 9, 2014
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

The transmission of private news channels has been suspended in Quetta and the Baloch-dominated areas of Balochistan province since December 3, 2014 due to threats issued against cable operators by the nationalist outfit, Baloch Students Organisation (BSO). Earlier, BSO held a news conference during which it announced a boycott of all television news channels and […]

• December 5, 2014
• Freedom of Expression

QUETTA: The Balochis­tan Joint Media Action Commit­tee (BJMAC) has condemned closure of different news TV channels by cable operators because of threats allegedly issued by the Baloch Students Organisation (BSO). The committee in a meeting held here on Thursday urged the government and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority to play their role to solve […]

• November 24, 2014
• Media and Society

QUETTA: Baloch Students Organisation (BSO) has announced boycott of all television news channels forthwith and closing them for indefinite period all over Balochistan from the second of next month against ignoring coverage of problems being faced by the province on the electronic media. Announcing the decision at a press conference, BSO Central Organiser Javed Baloch […]

• April 18, 2014
• Media Ethics

QUETTA: The Baloch Students Organisation (BSO) staged a protest outside the Quetta Press Club on Thursday against mainstream media for not providing adequate coverage to serious issues in Balochistan. Dozens of students belonging to the student body chanted slogans against what they called discriminatory attitude of the mainstream media. “It seems like a complete blackout […]

• February 14, 2013
• General News

KARACHI: Farzana Majeed has done her masters in biochemistry from Balochistan University, and now is enrolled in the MPhil programme. If she wasn’t a Baloch she’d be either wearing a white coat and working in a lab or, like many young people her age, struggling to get a job. Or at least turning up for […]