Editorial topics and features of prorse of Al Baloch, the first Newspaper of Balochistan

Abstract

Weekly Al-baloch was the first Urdu newspaper of Balochistan journalists which was published from Karachi due to press restrictions in Balochistan. Due to strict policies of the newspaper against the British government, it was closed again and again.Hence its incomplete file is availble which has been hidden for a long time. The editorials of the newspaper are important in their themes and in the beginning and development of Urdu literary prose in Balochistan. Among the universal themes of the editorials are the demand for promotion of the education and the rightful share of Balochistanisin government jobs. While local problems and matters of temporary nature have also been going on. There is also a literary colour in its prose because their structure is compatible with essay writing. In the language and narration, there are all styles of Urdu prose from early to modern prose writing