QUETTA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will preside over an All-Party Conference to be held here on Tuesday to discuss the security situation in the wake of Mastung massacre.

Other issues faced by the province are also on the agenda.

The APC will be attended also by Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif.

Besides the parties having representation the Balochistan Assembly, invitations have been sent to all parties which have no representation in assemblies.

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Official sources said that almost all political parties had accepted the invitation. Family members of the victims of the Mastung carnage had demanded convening of the conference during a sit-in they held in front of the Chief Minister’s Secretariat.

Chief Minister Dr Malik Baloch accepted their demand and discussed the matter with the prime minister who agreed with him and asked him to make arrangements for the conference.

The sources said that the issues to be discussed would include the ongoing insurgency and other security-related issues.

The APC would work out a comprehensive plan to prevent Matung-like incidents in the province, the sources added.

Published in Dawn, June 2nd, 2015

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