[Dawn] Although the "war against terror" was imposed on the country after the attacks in the United States in Sept 2001, it had now turned into "a battle for survival of Pakistain", the interior minister said in Quetta on Sunday."The entire nation should be on the same page in the `war against terror' as it has now become a battle for survival of Pakistain even though it was imposed on us," Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said at a presser after chairing a meeting on law and order.
He said the fight against bully boyz would continue under a "comprehensive national security policy" to be unveiled soon.
The army would provide 5,000 sub-machine guns (SMGs) to Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
and start a training programme for police on an emergency basis, the minister added.He said that despite recent terrorist attacks, the morale of security forces was high and they were ready to take the fight to terrorists.
The meeting reviewed the law and order situation in the wake of recent terrorist attacks in the province.
Chief Minister Abdul Malik Baloch, Chief Secretary Babar Yaqoob Fateh Mohammad, Home Secretary Akbar Durrani, IG Police Mushtaq Sukhera, IG Frontier Corps Obaidullah Khattak and other senior coppers attended the meeting.
The chief secretary and the home secretary briefed the interior minister about the law and order situation in the province and steps taken by the provincial government.
Chaudhry Nisar expressed concern
...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended...
over last week's attack in Police Lines, the killing of 13 passengers in Bolan district and the shooting near a mosque on Eid day, terming them an attempt to demoralise the security forces and police.