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It has promised constitutional, administrative, political and economic reforms in a bid to grant the province more independence and wealth creation.

The government has also increased the development budget for Baluchistan from 42 billion rupees (500 mill]]> Then in August 2006, tribal rebel chieftain Nawab Akbar Bugti was killed during a military operation. Baluch nationalists said military ruler Pervez Musharraf ordered his execution. His death inflamed the insurgency.

It has promised constitutional, administrative, political and economic reforms in a bid to grant the province more independence and wealth creation.

The government has also increased the development budget for Baluchistan from 42 billion rupees (500 million dollars) to 50 billion rupees.

The army recently relaxed requirements on Baluch men signing up, but the numbers who have joined a training academy in Quetta are minimal.

Many Baluch see the army as the problem, not the solution, in a country that has been ruled by the military for more than half its 63-year existence.

"Baluch people don't like the military's presence and interference in civilian affairs. Such efforts will further hatred against the armed forces," said Hakeem Baloch, a former chief secretary in Baluchistan and political analyst.

"The army is not allowing civilian administration to work independently in Baluchistan and this is where the problems begin to surface."

But the civilian government that took over from Musharraf in 2008 says it is working to implement sweeping reforms — criticised by Baluch nationalists as too little too late.

The army founded the Baluchistan Institute of Technical Education (BITE) three years ago in Quetta as part of a pilot programme to turn raw youth into skilled labour in the resource-rich, but insurgency-torn southwestern province.

For decades, people have felt excluded or marginalised by the central government and the province has long been a fertile breeding ground for Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked militants, as well as separatist rebels.

Baluch nationalists resisted. Hundreds of people have died in violence between Pakistani troops and insurgents and the military has been blamed for the disappearance of Baluch activists.

"I belong to a lower middle-class family and want to be a help to my parents, who strongly support women's empowerment," said 16-year-old Kanwal.

The government agreed to thin out the army's presence, withdraw and halt construction of a new garrison in the gas-rich Sui district and replace the army with paramilitary patrols in troubled areas.

Kanwal's dream just may come true thanks to a free design course at a new institute where officers gave journalists a guided tour to showcase development projects undertaken by a military with a chequered record in Baluchistan.

Although a drop in the ocean of massive challenges facing Baluchistan's eight million people, the institute offers an opportunity for teenagers from low-income families to learn skills that can earn them a decent livelihood.

When Baluch rebels rose up in 2004 demanding political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the region's natural resources, the government responded by fanning out troops across the region's main cities.

Baluchistan has some of the most remote communities in Pakistan, miserable social indicators and a deeply traditional society where many women, particularly in the countryside,Abercrombie jackets, are rarely allowed to leave the home.

BITE opened its doors in 2007 and teaches more than 500 students, including 165 girls, subjects from beauty to sewing and knitting, mechanics and auto electronics.

"I feel lucky to have got permission from my parents to attend the course because we are still living in an environment where girls are not allowed to go out of their homes," Kanwal said.

"I'll open my own boutique and a school to pass on the skill to other girls of my city and province," she told AFP.

Tuition is free and a monthly incentive of 2,000 rupees (24 dollars) encourages attendance among poorer students, says head Brigadier Jamil Sarwar.

Baluchistan, which borders Afghanistan and Iran, has suffered from a separatist insurgency for six years. Sectarian killings targeting non-Baluch and non-Sunni Muslims are on the rise in Quetta, the regional capital.

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On Tuesday, Gibson’s attorney argued to police that her team had solid proof that Grigorieva, 40, tried to extort ex Gibson, 54; the lawyer also charges that Grigorieva lied to authorities.

A disturbing photo of a battered Grigorieva — reportedly after a Jan. 7 fight with Gibson — surfaced online Friday.

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Locked in a vicious custody battle over their infant daughter Lucia,Billabong, Gibson and Grigorieva have been swapping accusations back and forth for weeks. Over the weekend, a rep for Grigorieva denied that the Russian musician had leaked the shocking phone conversations posted online over the past couple weeks.

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In the sixth tape, posted on Tuesday, Grigorieva accuses the actor/director of hitting her and their daughter. Gibson explodes and retorts, “I want my child, and no one will believe you.”

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Yildirim’s benefactors are as starry as his front row: The jury this year consisted of Roitfeld, LVMH’s Delphine Arnault, Alber Elbaz, Musée de la Mode curator Pamela Golbin, Colette’s Sarah Lerfel, Dazed & Confused’s Jefferson Hack, and Opening Ceremony’s Humberto Leon. And with the cash prize (up ⁈60,000 from last year’s trophy) come stipulations not only to show in Paris, but to open a French company, too.wholesale clothing. “We’ve felt the pressure to help France,” explains wholesale andAM founder Nathalie Dufour about the change. “This year’s six nominees included three French brands, but we want to be able to award talent wherever we find it.brand clothing, so we thought having the winner establish themselves by opening a French company was a logical step.”

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Luna wasn’t sure whether Lohan’s court-mandated SCRAM bracelet would be part of the racy pictorial. “We’re thinking of having police on hand so we can remove the ankle bracelet for the pictures.”

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The Shaw Festival in Ontario opens George Bernard Shaw's The Doctor's Dilemma, the first of two seasonal productions by Shaw, July 9 at the Festival Theatre in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

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The Shaw Festival in Ontario opens George Bernard Shaw's The Doctor's Dilemma, the first of two seasonal productions by Shaw, July 9 at the Festival Theatre in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

The Doctor's Dilemma has set design by Ken MacDonald, costume design by Charlotte Dean and lighting design by Alan Brodie.

According to Festival notes, "Shaw tests the humanity of a doctor and presents a moral dilemma. Sir Colenso Ridgeon (Patrick Galligan) has discovered a lifesaving cure, but faces an ethical quandary. With only enough of his new cure for tuberculosis left for one patient, who should he save? Dr. Blenkinsop (Ric Reid), a kindly colleague who serves the poor, or the extremely talented but unscrupulous young artist Louis Dubedat (Jonathan Gould), who also happens to have a beautiful young wife (Krista Colosimo)?"

Morris Panych directs the 1906 comedy that poses the questions: "When medical resources are limited, should a doctor decide who receives treatment and should those who can afford treatment be the first in line to receive it?"

Here's how the play is billed: "With a business deal in mind, friends and business partners Tom Broadbent and Larry Doyle travel to the small Irish town of Roscullen. Broadbent, the Englishman,Chanel, already infected with stereotypical impressions of the country, plunges headfirst into love with everything Irish, including Nora Reilly, Doyle's old flame. Doyle, the hometown boy,Giorgio Armani, only sees a country trapped in its past."

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Shaw's John Bull's Other Island, directed by Christopher Newton, opens July 10 and closes Oct. 9 at the festival's Court House Theatre.

Previews began June 10. Performances continue in repertory to Oct. 30.

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