Severely criticising the federal government for its “criminal silence” over the deteriorating law and order situation in Balochistan, three senators from the restive province on Thursday said the people were now using the residences of provincial ministers to negotiate with the kidnappers.
Speaking on a point of order, Senator Abdul Rahim Mandokhel of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) said that lawlessness in Balochistan and the increasing incidents of kidnapping for ransom had wrecked people’s lives. “The houses and offices of provincial ministers are used for bargaining with the kidnappers … the federal government has become a silent spectator … and media is also not highlighting the deteriorating law and order situation in Balochistan,” Mandokhel said.
Senators Abdul Malik Baloch and Wali Muhammad Badini asked the Senate chairman to refer the issue to the Senate Standing Committee on Interior. Badini said the killers and kidnappers were at large in Balochistan and the law enforcement agencies had arrested no criminal so far. Senate Chairman Farooq H Naek referred the issue to the Senate Special Committee on Balochistan.
