
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has extended his unqualified support to the process of reconciliation in Balochistan, encouraging Baloch militants to come to terms with the government to return peace in the province. He said the government was ready for dialogue with the estranged leaders of Balochistan in the larger national interest. Addressing a news conference before his departure to Islamabad at the Quetta Airport, the premier reiterated his government’s resolve to remove the sense of deprivation of Baloch people by giving them rights and bringing them into the mainstream politics. He said that many projects had been initiated in Balochistan during the tenures of different governments, but these were never completed. Gilani announced that the next session of the federal cabinet would be held in Quetta, and said he himself would visit Balochistan every month to review development projects, ensure implementation of the Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan package and review security situation in the province.