QUETTA, July 1: Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yousaf has said that the construction of Gwadar deep-sea port will not harm the interests of the native population and assured the House that political parties will be taken into confidence on mega projects.

Speaking at the concluding budget session here on Monday, he said that his government would serve the province with utmost sincerity and protect the provincial rights.

Mr Yousaf said that development programme would continue as none could stop it and maintained that the government wanted to remove the apprehensions of some of the political parties fearing demographic imbalance.

He said that it was the right of the people either to sell or not their property and nobody could force them.

The chief minister said that the Gwadar port project would open up whole new vistas not only for the province but also for the entire country. If the capital could be shifted from Karachi to Islamabad it could also be shifted to Gwadar in the future keeping in view its development prospects, he added.

He was determined to say that they would not play in the hands of the international donors and take the opposition into confidence about the allocation of Rs1 billion for the infrastructure in Gwadar.

Mr Yousaf said that the loan obtained from the Asian Development Bank on 3 per cent interest rate would ease Balochistan’s burden with regards to the loans obtained from the Centre and the interest it ought to pay on the principle amount.

He said that his government would protect the province’s right in the distribution of resources in the National Finance Commission award.

Regarding law and order situation in Balochistan, he said that some proposals were under considerations including establishment of new force.

About the tussle between Nazims and MPAs, he said that a committee had been to sort remove the differences among them.

The chief minister said that a political government should determine how to tackle the bureaucracy and political writ was a necessary to run official affairs.

During the question-hour, the chief minister said that district coordination officers would head the selection committees for grade one to nine recruitment.

Speaker Jamal Shah Kakar presided over the proceeding, and the session was later prorogued after remaining in session for 11 days.

The House also rejected one resolution and adopted six, which were presented by the opposition besides five adjournment and three privilege motions, tabled by opposition members, were not pressed following assurance by the treasury benches.