QUETTA, March 20: The Balochistan government has asked police and other law-enforcement agencies to take stricter measures to ensure protection of people, national installations and foreigners working in the province.

A high-level meeting held here on Monday with Chief Minister Jam Yousuf in the chair discussed the overall law and order situation in the province and suggested various measures for improving it.

The meeting took notice of some incidents which occurred in different regions of the province and directed police and other institutions concerned to take more steps for ensuring protection of foreigners, national institutions and life and property of the common man.

The chief secretary, K. B. Rind, informed the meeting about the steps being taken by the provincial administration for the protection of foreigners, people, national institutions and processions of Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain in Quetta and other parts of the province.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Mir Mohammad Yousuf urged upon the Ulema to play their basic role in promoting the real spirit of Islam and elimination of extremism and sectarianism for establishing an enlightened society.

Talking to a delegation of the Pakistan Muslim League which met with him here on Monday, he said that extremism was harming the integration of the country and those who were behind it could not be Muslims or Pakistanis.

He said that Islam was being presented at the international level as a religion of extremism, and propaganda in this regard was giving the wrong message.

He said that the Ulema should get united and work for removing this impression about Islam.

He said that the Ulema should present themselves as a role model for the promotion of Islam and its teachings.