Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani on Sunday said democracy had been restored in the country after an untiring struggle and sacrifices of political workers against dictatorship, adding that it was the responsibility of every citizen to make efforts for protecting and strengthening the democratic institutions.
About his decision of making Gwadar as the winter capital, the chief minister said the move would not only open new opportunities for progress and investment in the province but also help to speed up the economic activities at Gwadar Port, helping in changing the fate of the country. Talking to a group of provincial ministers at his office, Raisani said he was surprised by criticism by some quarters on his decision of making Gwadar as the winter capital and said these elements on one hand had been making a hue and cry over the backwardness and lack of government’s efforts, but on the other criticised the government for its sincere efforts for development and progress.
He termed the denigration as a double standard and said it was not in the favour of Balochistan as well as its people. About the statement of a nationalist party regarding trespassing over Pakhtuns’ right, Raisani said the political entity wanted to create differences and hatred among the two nationalities of the province for the sake of their vested interests. He said it was the same political party which boycotted the census of 1997 and caused harm to Balochistan as well as Pakhtun population.
