BALOCHISTAN: The Balochistan Assembly adopted a resolution demanding the provincial government to establish a medical college in Kharan district of Balochistan, reported Dawn.
Kharan is the divisional headquarters of Balochistan's biggest Rakhshan division.
Meanwhile, four other resolutions on the assembly's agenda for Friday could not be presented due to a lack of quorum, Dawn reported.
The resolution was jointly moved by Minister for Finance, Mines, and Minerals Mir Shoaib Nosherwani, Sadiq Sanjrani, Zabit Reki, and Ghulam Distagir Badani during the assembly session, which was then presided over by Speaker Abdul Khaliq Achakzai.
The resolution highlighted that the Rakhshan division, comprising four districts including Kharan, Washuk, Chagai, and Noshki, does not have a medical college.
Eventually, the students have to go to Quetta or other regions of the country to obtain medical education, while they do not have enough financial resources to cover expenses due to poverty, reported Dawn.
Finance Minister Nosherwani highlighted the challenges faced by the Rakhshan division, which has a population of over one million.
Additionally, female students lack opportunities to pursue further education due to poor educational facilities.
Opposition leader Mir Younis Aziz Zehri supported the resolution and expressed hope that the medical college would be established during the government's term.
Moreover, Provincial Minister for Revenue Mir Asim Kurd, Minister for Agriculture Noor Muhammad Dummor, Deputy Speaker Ghazala Gola, and Engineer Zamrak Khan Piralizai endorsed the resolution and suggested that a medical college should be established in Dera Murad Jamali.
He demanded that a cadet college be established in the Kachhi district, as reported by Dawn.
Piralizai, a member of the Awami National Party (ANP), emphasised that new educational institutions should be established in the province, but there is a need to give proper attention to the educational institutions that already exist in the province.
Pakistan Minister for Planning Mir Zahoor Buledi stressed that establishing new educational institutions would not reduce the country's resources, as resource generation was the responsibility of the government.