Balochistan’s puppet interior minister Zia Langove, the Chief Minister’s aide on information Shahid Rind and the Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Hamza Shafqaat said at a press conference in Quetta that the Balochistan government has taken several steps against terrorism over the past two years.
Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Hamza Shafqaat said work is being done on the National Action Plan, counter-terrorism and other areas, and that over the past two years the Balochistan government has passed 18 new laws against terrorism and set up 17 new departments. Faceless courts have been set up in Balochistan, and the Balochistan government has sent more than 1.1 million refugees back to their home country.
He said several measures are being taken, including the Safe City Project, a forensic agency, the Quetta Security Board and the installation of new cameras, and 14 billion rupees have been invested against terrorism. Measures to improve highway security are continuing, and the Quetta-Karachi and Quetta-Taftan highways will be made safe in the next three to four months.
According to him, more than 60,000 “operations” of various kinds have also been carried out.
Zia Langove said terrorism is a cancer for the country and legislation is necessary to strengthen the security forces to end it.
He said the Balochistan government provides the forces with whatever they need in the war against terrorism.
He said that if similar measures had been taken in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, there would have been no need to impose an emergency there.
He called Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s statements misleading and condemned them.
The Balochistan interior minister further said there have been reports of the abduction of the brother of sports adviser Mina Majeed.
The Chief Minister’s aide on information, Shahid Rind, said all the anti-terrorism laws in Balochistan have been approved not only by the Balochistan cabinet but also by the Balochistan Assembly.
According to him, the Chief Minister of Balochistan legislated after taking the opposition into confidence.
He said the reasons for imposing an emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa include the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister’s attempts to march on Islamabad, whereas the Chief Minister of Balochistan has never talked of such a march.
