National Party (NP) leader Dr Abdul Malik Baloch on Thursday said that his government would take all stakeholders including the Opposition into confidence in resolving problems of Balochistan.
Talking to Voice of America, he said that other priorities of his government would include restoration of peace, putting up of Balochistan back on track of progress, revival of its economy, provision of employment opportunities to the jobless youth and improvement of health and education sectors in the province.
Baloch said Balochistan’s indigenous resources would be spent on the developmental works in the province.
He added Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif had assured him of extending full cooperation after assuming charge as prime minister.
He added his cabinet would comprise of ministers from the National Party, Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party and PML-N.
Baloch said that the challenges that his government faced included violation of human rights, including missing persons issue, the bullet riddled bodies of political workers, the sectarian violence and restoration of peace in the province.
Dr Baloch said that his government would focus on education and considerable resources would be diverted to the education sector. Similarly, health sector would also be improved, he said.
“Our priority will be development for the future generations and will provide them better educational institutions and health facilities. Our government will provide 21st century facilities to the people of Balochistan,” he added.
Regarding a question about his strategy for stopping killings of political workers, Baloch said that the issue could be resolved if Nawaz and his federal government tried to make the army leadership realiae the negative effects of the policy.
Regarding the project of Reko Diq and Gwadar port, Baloch said that no project could work in Balochistan until the people of Balochistan and government had been taken on board.
