June 20, 2007	Wednesday	Jamadi-us-Sani 04, 1428

QUETTA, June 19: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yousuf has said his party will not enter into any deal for forming the next government, but it does not rule out an electoral alliance with like-minded parties.

Speaking at a PML gathering here on Monday, he described as “misinformation” the reports about a deal.

He claimed that most political parties wanted to sign a ‘deal’ with President Gen Pervez Musharraf and they had agreed to accept him as president in uniform.

Mr Yousuf said that opposition parties were inciting the people to street agitation in order to further their interests.

He said that President Musharraf and his government were not weak and could face them politically.

He said people had nothing to do with the president’s uniform and they were interested only in economic progress. He asked the PML workers to start preparing for the elections and claimed that the party would win the elections and form the next government in Balochistan.

He announced that a resolution would be tabled in the provincial assembly soon to remove difference of domicile, as all people living in the province were Balochistani. He also announced ownership rights for the inhabitants of Katchi Abadis under a new land lease policy.

—Staff Correspondent