QUETTA, Sept 17: The Balochistan chapter of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in the province and observed that the people are feeling increasingly insecure as state institutions lose their importance.

The HRCP meeting, which was presided over by Tahir Mohammad Khan, reviewed the overall situation in the province. The meeting observed that the state was taking no interest in protecting the constitutional and basic rights of the people in the province.

It observed that the government had failed to resolve the basic problems, including those being faced by the people in the province, including provision of drinking water, healthcare and educational issues. It blamed the police and the local administration of creating more difficulties for the people instead of helping them.

A similar situation, HRCP said, could be seen in the revenue and other government departments, adding that a land mafia was depriving the people of their property with the help of police and revenue department officials. It (the land mafia) was not even sparing government properties and selling it on throwaway prices, it said.

The HRCP meeting expressed concern over the persisting problem of water shortage in the Sariab area despite repeated protests. The meeting observed that the government hospitals were treating rich people for free instead of providing free medical facilities to the poor.

The HRCP urged the administration of the University of Information Technology and Management Sciences to review its admission criteria and said that it should accommodate local students coming from under-developed areas of the province.