September 18, 2008	Thursday	Ramazan 17, 1429

QUETTA, Sept 17: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani has assured representatives of oil and gas exploration companies that the government will take effective measures for their security.

Presiding over a high-level meting in Tangna Pusht area of Bolan on Tuesday evening, the chief minister said natural resources would be utilised for development and welfare of the local people.

The meeting reviewed a gas exploration project of the PPL and security arrangements in the area.

Frontier Corps’ inspector-general Maj-Gen Saleem Nawaz, chief secretary Nasir Mehmood Khosa, inspector-general of Police, home secretary, finance secretary, Commandant of the Balochistan Constabulary and PLL officials attended the meeting.

The meeting was briefed on the area’s oil and gas potential and was informed that the PPL and some foreign companies would start digging wells at various points by next month.