QUETTA, Pakistan: Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday reached Quetta for a one-day visit amid the deteriorating law and order situation in Balochistan.
The prime minister was accompanied by the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar, Federal Minister for Interior Mohsin Naqvi, Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal, and Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan.
وزیر اعظم محمد شہباز شریف ایک روزہ دورے پر کوئٹہ پہنچ گئے۔
وزیرِ اعظم کوئٹہ میں بلوچستان کی مجموعی سیکیورٹی صورتحال کا جائزہ لیں گے۔ pic.twitter.com/NOXt4VUWPg
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Upon arrival at Quetta Airport, the prime minister was received by the Chief Minister of Balochistan Mir Sarfaraz Bugti, Speaker of the Balochistan Assembly Abdul Khaliq Achakzai, Provincial Minister for Communication and Works Abdul Rehman Khetran, Chief Secretary of Balochistan Shakeel Qadir, Inspector General of Police, and other senior government officials.
During his visit to Quetta, Shahbaz Sharif will chair a high-level meeting on overall law and order.
Earlier on Tuesday, while presiding over the Federal Cabinet meeting in Islamabad, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif condemned the ongoing violence in Balochistan, and expressed the resolve to end terrorism in Pakistan.
“There is no room for terrorism. The time has come to end it. We will provide the military with whatever resources it needs,” the prime minister declared
