Quetta, Oct 19(ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that the government would call a peace conference of local and foreign religious scholars in Quetta to end sectarian violence.
"Religious scholars and other stakeholders from different walks of life from across the country and abroad will be invited to attend the peace conference in Quetta to end sectarian hatred and violence," the Dawn quoted Malik, as saying.
He made these comments while talking to media persons at the Sarawan House in Quetta after meeting with Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Haji Lashkari Raisani.
The minister said that some extremist elements were involved in activities to damage peace in Balochistan, adding that the government would utilise all available resources to resolve the province's law and order issues.
"We will not allow anti-peace elements to implement their nefarious designs," he added.
Referring to the issue of missing persons in Balochistan, Malik said that the total number of missing persons hailing from Balochistan was 54, and not 6,000.
"I have discussed the missing persons issue with Lashkari Raisani and I will inform President Asif Ali Zardari about the reservations of Raisani in this regard," he said, dding that both federal and provincial governments had been making efforts to resolve the matter as soon as possible.
He also said that the commission set up on the missing persons issue was active and discharging its services effectively.
Malik said that the PPP-led government was aware of Balochistan's conditions and wanted to put the province on the track of progress and prosperity.
"Balochistan province is rich in mines and minerals and the government will utilise the wealth of natural resources for the development of the province," he pledged.
On this occasion, Raisani said that Balochistan was a victim of a great international game.
He emphasised the need to ensure the recovery of missing persons, and said that malik had assured him that he would take up the issue with relevant authorities.
"The interior minister has assured me that the federal government would make efforts to bring angry Baloch youth into mainstream," Raisani added. (ANI)
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