About the uplift projects launched by the Army in Balochistan, Chief of Army Staff said that Army in collaboration with the provincial government was running several projects in education and other sectors including MCS, Quetta Institute of Medical Sciences, Balochistan institute of Technical Education, Gwadar Institute of Technical Education and Balohchistan Institute of Mineralogy.
He noted that under the Army special programme for the youth of the Balochistan as many as 20,000 students were getting education in various educational institutes inside the country and abroad.
He recalled that as part of Army’s steps for engaging youth of Balochistan to bring them in the national mainstream, a large number of Baloch youth have been recruited in the Armed forces.
“The ratio of recruitment from Balochistan in Army has been 1.7 in 2007”, he said and added that it has been enhanced to 3.5 with the recruitment of some 12,000 jawans and officials in Army since 2010.
Chief Minister Balochistan Dr Abdul Malik Baloch on the occasion said that though incumbent government was passing through crucial juncture of hour, yet our resolve is high to steer the province out of the crises.
“I appeal to all warring tribes and disgruntled Baloch who left Dera Bugti to set aside their differences and play their role for the development of the province,” he emphasised.
Stressing the need for imparting quality education to the youth, Dr Malik said that the only key to success and way out of issues faced by the people of the province was providing them pen instead of weapons.
“MPAs should not support the negligence of doctors and teachers,” he urged and emphasised that those not performing well should be dealt strictly.
