The operation against "miscreants" in Balochistan will continue, the government decided at a meeting chaired by President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Sunday. Sources privy to the meeting, attended by senior government figures, told Daily Times that Gen Musharraf observed that Bugti's killing would not stop the operation against "miscreants" to establish the writ of the government in Balochistan. The president voiced reservations at statements from some members of the ruling coalition condemning the killing, and stressed the need for unity in the government. He said he favoured talks to resolve the problems of Balochistan, but added that tribal chiefs who ran militant training camps and private militias could not be tolerated. Bugti, he said, had refused to accept the government's writ and had undermined the security of the country.