QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly on Saturday adopted a unanimous resolution condemning the murder of polio workers in Quetta and the killing og Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader Dr Khalid Soomro in Sukkur.

The assembly session began with Deputy Speaker Qudoos Bizenjo in the chair as the house discussed the worsening law and order situation. The opposition and treasury members lamented the poor situation of law and order in Balochistan province.

A joint resolution condemning the killing of Dr Khalid Soomro was tabled by opposition leader Maulana Abdul Wasey and other members of JUI-F. But the resolution was amended with the inclusion of polio workers by the house after thorough debate.

The house demanded the federal government to double its efforts for the arrest of Khalid Soomro’s killers and demanded that the Balochistan government apprehend the murderers of polio workers in Quetta.

Gunmen had killed four polio workers including three female vaccinators in Quetta's Eastern Bypass area earlier this week.

Senior Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri however lashed out at his own government for its failure to protect the lives of citizens. “When I do not feel not secure, then what about the common man in the province,” Nawab Zehri said.

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A week ago, militants had fired a rocket that landed close to Zehri’s residence in his hometown Khuzdar. “When I am not being given justice then the common man will, indeed, suffer here,” he said.

Zehri admitted that his government had failed in improving the law and order situation in Balochistan. “Our law and order is limited to mere papers,” he said.

Opposition leader Maulana Abdul Wasey said that government had failed in maintaining law and order in the province.

He said Khalid Soomoro was killed in day light in Sukkur which was the failure of the Sindh government while four polio workers were gunned down in Quetta.

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“When women are being targeted then, forget about the government,” Wasey said.

Besides opposition members, the treasury members also expressed their anger over the deteriorating law and order situation.

“Nobody is safe in Balochistan,” Provincial Revenue Minister Sheikh Jaffar Khan Mandokhail admitted during the assembly proceedings.

Chief Minister Balochistan Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch however assured the house that efforts were being made to apprehend the killers of the polio workers in Quetta.

He said his government had inherited the law and order problem from the previous government and that it was determined to protect the lives and properties of the citizens.

“Law and order is not ideal but we have improved it,” Dr. Baloch told the house to explain his position.

Most of the legislators strongly criticised law enforcement agencies for their failure to maintain law and order situation in Balochistan, plagued by a long-running Baloch separatist insurgency and growing sectarian violence.