...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...
Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has vowed to battle against the forces of Evil and snuffies forcibly closing educational institutions in Panjgoor district of the troubled province.
Politicians, educationists and members of civil society, at a seminar held here on Saturday, urged upon law enforcement agencies to protect teachers and educational institutions in Panjgoor, one of the most backward districts in Balochistan.
"No one will be allowed to forcibly shut down our schools," the chief minister told the seminar, which thoroughly discussed all ways and means to ensure provision of education to the students in the province.
Educational institutions in Panjgoor remained closed for last two months in the aftermath of threats by a fundamentalist organization.
Dr Baloch recalled that the menace of terrorism and extremism date back to USSR's invasion of neighbouring Afghanistan.
"Promoting extremism in the region was internationally sponsored," he added, saying that anti-Soviet countries supported Islamic fundamentalists to counter the USSR.
The chief minister urged the political forces, intellectuals and civil society to put their heads together to curb the menace of terrorism in the society. He stated that different elements with various names were bent upon closing educational institutions in Balochistan.
"We will not tolerate any intervention in our educational institutions," he said.