Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan: 80% work complete, says Gilani

The Prime Minister plans to hold a meeting very soon to discuss Aghaz-e-Huqooq-e-Balochistan. PHOTO: AFP/FILE

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Tuesday that 8o% of the work on Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan package has been completed.

Gilani said this while talking to Express News.

The Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan package is a wide ranging endeavour unanimously approved by the parliament on November 23, 2009.

Gilani said he will schedule a meeting where details of developments will be discussed at length.

It has been two years since the prime minister has announced the Balochistan rights’ package, but its impact on alleviating people’s discontent in the province is yet to be seen.

In terms of numbers the Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan package has done well so far, with only 27 of 61 proposals left to be implemented, and over a year left in the implementation period, which was set at three years. The package includes six constitutional, five political, 16 administrative and 34 economic proposals.

The federal and provincial governments are yet to initiate some mega projects that are part of the much-celebrated reforms package, said a 43-page progress report prepared by the Establishment Division.