Balochistan Higher Education Crisis: Underpaid Faculty, Overlooked Future

Balochistan Higher Education Crisis: Underpaid Faculty, Overlooked Future

Editorial:  Balochistan, Pakistan’s most underdeveloped yet resource-rich province, is facing a devastating higher education crisis. While billions of rupees are allocated annually for infrastructure—such as roads, dams, and drainage projects—the province’s public sector universities remain critically underfunded. Faculty and staff at three major institutions—University of Balochistan, BUITEMS (Balochistan University of Information Technology, E…