Government in negotiations with Mengal, other Baloch leaders: Parliamentary secretary

The committee is headed by Defence Minister Syed Naveed Qamar.

ISLAMABAD:
A special cabinet committee is in negotiations with Sardar Akhtar Mengal and other Baloch leaders, said Parliamentary Secretary Khurram Jahangir Wattoo on Friday.

Wattoo was speaking during a session of the National Assembly.

The special committee is headed by Defence Minister Syed Naveed Qamar.


Mengal, in his recent appearance before the Supreme Court, criticised authorities particularly the military for Balochistan crisis.

Sources have said that the government has decided to gear up political activities in the troubled province as the upcoming parliamentary elections draw closer.

Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has also recently said that the military would support any political process to resolve the unrest in the province – provided that it was in the constitutional framework.
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