Balochistan right should be accepted on all its resources: Achakzai

The President of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, Mehmood Khan Achakzai has said that factual right of Balochistan should be acknowledged on all its discovered natural resources for restoring peace in the province.

He was speaking to a delegation of Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) led by its President, Mr Zafar Bakhtawari that met him here Sunday.

He expressed deep concern over recent blasts in Quetta and said that people who are involved in terrorism in Balochistan do not want a prosperous Pakistan.

Mahmood Khan Achakzai highly condemned the killing of Muslims on the basis of difference of sect and said that even in Afghanistan no individual was targeted on basis of their sect and believes. Therefore, he urged all the political lead- ers to join hands to get rid of this problem as we want to make Pakistan a dignified, independent and prosper country in real sense.

Zafar Bakhtawari, President, ICCI Balochistan province is full of minerals, oil and gas resources, therefore he urged the Government to take all possible steps to maintain law and order situation in the province.

The ICCI President said political stability is a pre-requisite for economic growth and development of the country in the prevailing global scenario to offset the future fiscal challenges. There should have been plan for practicing good governance for sustaining and maintaining a sound political and socio-economic system in the country, he maintained.

He also expressed deep concern over continuous killing of Hazara people in Quetta and said that it is responsibility of political leaders of Balochistan to restore peace in the province.