Balochistan Assembly session: Dr Malik seeks proposals for improving security
Asks MPs to give suggestions, not just pour scorn.
File photo of Balochistan Assembly. PHOTO: FILE
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Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has sought guidance and suggestions from the members of the provincial assembly for improving law and order situation in the province.
Responding to speeches of the members, the chief minister said, though they were critical of the government’s performance, they had not made any concrete suggestions for improving the security situation.
Dr Malik said he would appreciate if the members came up with proposals for improving the law and order. “We will definitely use those suggestions while formulating the policy on the subject,” he said.
Taking the floor, PML-Q MPA Sheikh Jaffar Mandokhel claimed that some world powers were involved in destabilising the situation in Balochistan. “They have made Balochistan their battleground after the assassination of Nawab Akbar Bugti,” the MPA from Zhob told the House.
“Some foreign powers are supporting local groups to incite sectarian strife,” Mandokhel said, but did not name the groups and their alleged foreign masters.
Mandokhel, a former finance minister of Balochistan, was of the view that law and order issue could not be resolved with mere speeches and passing resolutions or through acts of recriminations.
He said that highways were not safe for travel and there was an upsurge in crime rate, including the heinous crimes, forcing people to migrate from the province. “Effects of Afghan civil war are being felt in Balochistan,” he said.
Ghulam Mohammad Dhumar, JUI MPA, deplored the deteriorating law and order situation, saying that the FC is drawing double salary from the federal and provincial government and still the highways were not safe for travel.
“At least 28 secret agencies are working in Balochistan and they have failed to contain the law and order situation,” Dhumar said deploring recurrent incidents of target killing and bomb attacks.
He asked the government to recover the kidnapped doctors and arrest the captors.
Leader of the Opposition Maulana Abdul Wasey was of the view that if the government acts on the advice of the members, the situation will improve considerably. Referring to newspaper reports, he claimed that 375 people lost their lives and about 47 mutilated bodies were found during the past two months since the formation of the present government.
Wasey urged the government to hold genuine parleys with the Baloch militants and not use the peace initiative as a public relations exercise like the past PPP-led coalition government. Deputy Speaker Qudoos Bizenjo presided over the session on Tuesday. He adjourned the Assembly session to meet again on Wednesday.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 28th, 2013.
Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has sought guidance and suggestions from the members of the provincial assembly for improving law and order situation in the province.
Responding to speeches of the members, the chief minister said, though they were critical of the government’s performance, they had not made any concrete suggestions for improving the security situation.
Dr Malik said he would appreciate if the members came up with proposals for improving the law and order. “We will definitely use those suggestions while formulating the policy on the subject,” he said.
Taking the floor, PML-Q MPA Sheikh Jaffar Mandokhel claimed that some world powers were involved in destabilising the situation in Balochistan. “They have made Balochistan their battleground after the assassination of Nawab Akbar Bugti,” the MPA from Zhob told the House.
“Some foreign powers are supporting local groups to incite sectarian strife,” Mandokhel said, but did not name the groups and their alleged foreign masters.
Mandokhel, a former finance minister of Balochistan, was of the view that law and order issue could not be resolved with mere speeches and passing resolutions or through acts of recriminations.
He said that highways were not safe for travel and there was an upsurge in crime rate, including the heinous crimes, forcing people to migrate from the province. “Effects of Afghan civil war are being felt in Balochistan,” he said.
Ghulam Mohammad Dhumar, JUI MPA, deplored the deteriorating law and order situation, saying that the FC is drawing double salary from the federal and provincial government and still the highways were not safe for travel.
“At least 28 secret agencies are working in Balochistan and they have failed to contain the law and order situation,” Dhumar said deploring recurrent incidents of target killing and bomb attacks.
He asked the government to recover the kidnapped doctors and arrest the captors.
Leader of the Opposition Maulana Abdul Wasey was of the view that if the government acts on the advice of the members, the situation will improve considerably. Referring to newspaper reports, he claimed that 375 people lost their lives and about 47 mutilated bodies were found during the past two months since the formation of the present government.
Wasey urged the government to hold genuine parleys with the Baloch militants and not use the peace initiative as a public relations exercise like the past PPP-led coalition government. Deputy Speaker Qudoos Bizenjo presided over the session on Tuesday. He adjourned the Assembly session to meet again on Wednesday.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 28th, 2013.