Listen Up, Bashir Zeb, Rehman Gul and Dr Allah Nazar! Where Is the Balochiat in Attacking Innocent Baloch Girls? Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti

QUETTA (Daily Qudrat): Chief Minister Balochistan Mir Sarfraz Bugti, strongly condemning the attack on a girls college in Nushki, has said that targeting innocent Baloch girls is contrary to Baloch traditions and values. Three female students were injured in the attack and are being provided better medical aid. The government will under no circumstances spare terrorists and killers.

Addressing a press conference in Quetta, Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti said that Baloch girls and children are being seen as easy targets, but these actions by terrorists are an attempt to keep them away from education and knowledge. Condemning the attack on Nushki Girls College by terrorists of the banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), he raised the question of where the Balochiat and traditions lie in attacking innocent girls.

Addressing Bashir Zeb, Rehman Gul and Dr Allah Nazar, the Chief Minister said they have reached the point of targeting unarmed and innocent Baloch children and girls. He said the Balochistan government assures the people of the province and the affected students that the elements involved in the attack will be brought before the law, and security forces will pursue the terrorists and bring them to account.

Mir Sarfraz Bugti said the Balochistan government, together with the Pakistan Armed Forces, Frontier Corps and police, is fighting to eliminate terrorism and confront brutality. However many attacks the terrorists carry out, the government will not be intimidated by these actions. Security forces are chasing the terrorists in the mountains and cities and will bring them to their end.

He said the Balochistan government will under no circumstances close its educational institutions. As many as 3,200 closed schools in the province have been reopened, and the government is determined to make schools, colleges and universities more active instead of leaving them at the mercy of terrorists.

The Chief Minister said the Balochistan government is taking steps to provide opportunities for higher education to its male and female students at quality institutions, including Oxford, so that the province’s youth can secure a better educational future.

On this occasion, Mir Sarfraz Bugti also announced holding a sports festival at SBK Women’s University Quetta and Nushki College named after the female students injured in the Nushki Girls College attack. He said the purpose of this step is to encourage the female students and to convey the message that education and educational activities will continue despite terrorism.