Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has dispelled the impression of any military operation in Balochistan saying no such operation is being conducted in any part of Balochistan nor army or its subordinate institutions has any relevance with the matters related to missing persons and mutilated bodies.
“Army, ISI, MI and any other subordinate institution of army has noting to do with the matters related to missing persons and mutilated bodies. There is no presence of army in anywhere in Balochistan nor the army is carrying out operation in any part of Balochistan”, Army chief said while addressing inauguration ceremonies of Quetta Institute of Medical Sciences Projects, Garrison sports complex and later talking to media men here Monday.
Democratic order is in place in the country at present, therefore, army has no authority to hold direct talks with those putting up resistance in Balochistan and such powers rested with democratic government only, he held.
He went on to say people of Balochistan were patriotic and a strong and prosperous Balochistan was guarantor of stable Pakistan.
Certain miscreants were out to worsen situation in Balochistan, he said. The designs of these miscreants would be thwarted, he announced.
The responsibility for improving law and order situation in Balochistan lied with provincial government and it could seek help from FC and other law enforcement agencies to maintain law and order situation, he underlined. Whenever army is called, it will come in aid for government, he said.
“We are inheritors of monumental heritage and we have to make Pakistan stronger and great”, he announced.
Garrison Sports Complex and Quetta Medical Institute was a gift for the people of Balochistan, he added. 80 percent seats would be allocated for people of Balochistan in Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS) , he added.
Speaking on the occasion, Commander Southern Command Lt Gen Javed Zia said IMS was completed within a year at the cost of Rs 5 billion. External elements would not be able to affect it, The project has no political angle and it will allay if not eliminate sense of deprivation of people of Balochistan, he held.
