President Asif Ali Zardari reiterated the government’s commitment on Wednesday that it would defeat the terrorist elements at all costs and ensure lasting peace and development in Balochistan.
Presiding over a meeting on the law and order situation in Balochistan, the President highlighted the threat of terrorists who want to divide the country.
The meeting was attended by Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Acting Governor Balochistan Captain (R) Abdul Khaliq Achakzai, Chief Secretary Balochistan Shakeel Qadir Khan, IG Police Muzam Jah Ansari and other senior officials.
Chief Minister Balochistan Mir Sarfraz Bugti briefed the meeting on the law and order situation in the province.
President Zardari said on the occasion, “The situation is clear that the state will remain and we will have to win the war on terror.”
He emphasized that the government would provide the latest weapons to the counter -terrorism force.
The President added, “Balochistan is close to our heart and we want development and lasting peace in the province.”
He expressed his desire that every child of Balochistan should be educated and the children should be exposed to modern technology.
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President Zardari has arrived in Balochistan on the occasion when a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security was held in Islamabad on Tuesday after the March 11 attack on Jaffar Express, which expressed his resolve to root out terrorism.
At the meeting, the country’s national political and military leadership decided to create consensus to tackle extremism with ‘full force’ and emphasize the need for united political commitment, as well as deal with the extremists.
This important meeting was called in the Jafar Express in Bolan district of Balochistan, a convoy of security forces in Nowski and incidents of militant attacks at the FC check post at Jandula in Jandula district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan have been the most target of extremism in recent times. According to the Global Terrorism Index 2025 report, more than 96 % of the militant attacks and deaths in Pakistan in 2024 occurred in the same two provinces.
The biggest incident of extremist incidents occurred on March 11 in Balochistan when the Jaffar Express from Quetta was attacked by the separatist organization Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) in the Dhadar area of Bolan Pass, and more than 400 passengers were taken hostage.
However, the security forces later recovered the passengers in action, while security officials said that all the militants who attacked during the clearance operation were also killed.
Then on Sunday, March 16, 2025, according to the Pakistan Army Department of Public Relations, three personnel and two civilians were killed in an attack on a security forces convoy in Noshki area of Balochistan.
