QUETTA: Adviser to the Balochistan Chief Minister on Home Mir Ziaullah Langove on Thursday ordered the law enforcement agencies to speed up operations against terrorists and extremists to maintain peace in the province.

Presiding over a meeting to review the law and order situation, Mr Langove asked the authorities concerned to review the security of sensitive installations, places of worship and educational institutions.

In view of the recent attacks in the province, Mr Langove also ordered strict monitoring of banned organisations, terrorists and extremist elements, including their facilitators.

He asked the CTD and Special Branch to speed up intelligence-based and combing operations while closely monitoring the movement of persons on Fourth Schedule.

The adviser said the process of searches at inter-provincial and intra-provincial security posts should be improved to check the movement of terrorists.

Arms licences

The Balo­chistan cabinet has lifted the ban on issuance of licences for non-prohibited weapons and directed the home deportment to make a policy for the purpose.

The cabinet approved a proposal for making legislation on permanent residence certificate (PRC) for residents of Balochistan.

The meeting also approved an amended formula for distributing posts between BSS and BCS services. Under the formula, 60 per cent posts of grades 18 and 19 would be given to BSS and 40pc to BCS. In order to do away with disparity, 66pc newly-created posts would be given to BSS and 34pc to BCS.

Published in Dawn, July 22nd, 2022