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QUETTA: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday indicated initiating negotiations with disgruntled extremists who were putting up resistance in Balochistan.
“I am thinking of holding talks with disgruntled extremists who are offering resistance in Balochistan,” said Mr Khan while speaking at an MoU signing ceremony in the port city of Gwadar.
Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong and CPEC Authority Chairman Asim Saleem Bajwa signed the MoUs regarding a desalination plant and solar energy in the presence of the prime minister and Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani.
While referring to the disgruntled people, the premier said they might have been used by India or by others in the past or they had some ill-feeling, but they must have felt “now the situation has changed”. He said: “Whoever will think about Pakistan will think about Balochistan [first].”
Govt mulling reaching out to estranged Baloch youths, says PM
July 6, 2021
GWADAR: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday the government was considering reaching out to the estranged Baloch youths as the enemies of Pakistan had used them in the past, but the situation had now entirely changed, Radio Pakistan reported.
Talking to elders and notables of Gwadar, he said development of Balochistan was a top priority of his government, as he criticised the previous governments for neglecting the province. He emphasised the government was prioritising development in far-flung areas of Balochistan, northern areas and rural Punjab. Gwadar would emerge as the “focal point of development”, ensuring prosperity of the entire country, the Prime Minister said as he broke ground on the second phase of Gwadar Free Zone earlier in the day.
PM Khan considering talking to Baloch insurgents
July 6, 2021
GWADAR: Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday said he was considering speaking to the insurgents in Balochistan, as the situation in the province had changed and Pakistan was moving towards a better future.
The premier, addressing an event in Gwadar, said the insurgents might be upset with the state due to some past grievances or India might have used them to spread terror in Pakistan. “But now, the situation has changed,” he said.
Imran inaugurated Gwadar Free Zone, Expo Center, Agriculture Industrial Park, and three factories. He also witnessed the signing of various MoUs aimed at constructing a state-of-the-art hospital, airport, and vocational institute.
PM considering talking to Baloch insurgents
July 6, 2021
GWADAR: Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday said he was considering speaking to the insurgents in Balochistan, as the situation in the province had changed and Pakistan was moving towards a better future.
The premier, addressing an event in Gwadar, said the insurgents might be upset with the state due to some past grievances or India might have used them to spread terror in Pakistan. But now, the situation has changed, he said.
Imran inaugurated Gwadar Free Zone, Expo Center, Agriculture Industrial Park, and three factories. He also witnessed the signing of various MoUs aimed at constructing a state-of-the-art hospital, airport, and vocational institute.