 The government will send in the army if the situation in Balochistan worsens, the chief minister of the province said, as the prospects of more violence beckoned despite an uneasy calm on Thursday. Rebel tribesmen, angered by the alleged gang rape of a woman doctor by security personnel, have attacked state-run gas facilities in Sui over the last five days resulting in the deaths of at least eight people. "We cannot say regarding the involvement of a foreign hand in the worsening situation," Chief Minister Jam Yousaf told reporters in Gujrat. He said the weapons used by the attackers had been smuggled in from Afghanistan. "I have not made direct contact with the nationalists in Balochistan, but the government is in touch via the parliament committee. A decision will be made after the report of the committee," Yousaf said. He said his government was investigating the rape of the woman doctor. |