Meeting discusses fencing of Pak-Afghan border

Joint report will be prepared soon and submitted to the provincial government so settlement issues can be resolved

QUETTA:

A high-level meeting pertaining to the fencing of Pak-Afghan border was held under the chairmanship of Home Minister Mir Ziaullah Langau.

Addressing the meeting, Langau said the federal government was constructing a fence on the Pak-Afghan border to maintain law and order in the province and curb terrorism incidents.

"The Balochistan government is well aware of the fact that the various villages on the border which are bordered by the two countries house the ancestral lands of many tribes," he said. "Steps are being taken by the Afghan government to resolve bilateral issues amicably in response to the wishes of tribal elders.”

The home minister added that the provincial government was taking serious steps to resolve the settlement issues in the border area in which the district administration and the Board of Revenue worked together in consultation with the people of all nationalities living in the border area under a comprehensive strategy.

A joint report will be prepared soon and submitted to the provincial government so that the settlement issues can be resolved amicably.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 28^th, 2021.