KARACHI, Dec 7: The government has detected existence of five to six camps in Balochistan where people are being trained to carry out terrorists activities. The presence of the camps, known as Ferari camps, was discussed on Wednesday at an inter-provincial conference on law and order during a discussion on the situations of Balochistan.

According to sources, the conference was informed that the camps were operating under the supervision of some tribal sardars and that terrorists were also being paid money to carry out ‘assignments’.

The camps, the conference was informed, were located in Sibi, Bolan, Shoran and Tilli areas. The sources said that the conference discussed different steps to rein in outlaws and stop them from escaping from one province to another after committing crimes.

During the past year, 261 bomb blasts occurred in Balochistan and 167 rockets were fired.

However, the conference was told that the federal government had no intention of launching any operation in the province, only some measures were being taken to protect gas pipelines, government installations and assets.

In this connection the need for early implementation of a decision to set up a joint border force was stressed. According to the decision, three police stations and 25 police posts would be set up at the junctions of Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab provinces. These posts and police stations would be manned by 1,300 men of the joint border force to be recruited in Sindh, while in Punjab 2,500 will be recruited by January 31.

The conference directed Sindh and Balochistan authorities to take immediate steps to set up the posts and police stations and recruit personnel. The conference also directed the provinces to take measures for protection of judges of tribunals trying terrorist cases and witnesses.