As many as 14 candidates filed their nomination papers, seven of them for as many general seats from Balochistan. APP/File
QUETTA: Most of the political parties contesting coming Senate elections from Balochistan completed their final lists of candidates and announced their names on Saturday.
The founder of the ruling Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) in the province, Saeed Ahmed Hashmi, was among the party candidates who were awarded party tickets. Mr Hashmi will contest Senate election for a seat reserved for technocrats as he is a mining engineer by profession. Earlier, he has remained a member of the Senate twice.
BAP secretary general Manzoor Ahmed Kakar and former home minister Mir Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti have also succeeded in getting party ticket for the second time.
Afghan border fencing ‘to curb terrorism’
Afghan border fencing ‘to curb terrorism’
Frontier Corps security personnel guard the newly inaugurated Badini Trade Terminal Gateway in Balochistan. PHOTO: AFP
QUETTA:
Balochistan Home and Tribal Affairs Minister for Mir Ziaullah Langau on Tuesday said steps were being taken to address issues pertaining to fencing at border areas through bilateral cooperation of Afghan government in light of the wishes of tribal elders.
He expressed these views while chairing a high-level meeting to review measures related to fencing and other matters of Pak-Afghan border in Killa Abdullah district’s Chaman area.
Langau said the fences were being installed on Pak-Afghan border under contribution of the federal government in order to maintain law and order in the province and to curb terrorism. “The provincial government has taken serious steps to resolve the settlement issues in the border area.”
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