QUETTA: Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan said that the government was ready to hold a dialogue with militants to come up with a political solution of issues.
Addressing a press conference after chairing a high level meeting in Quetta on Sunday, June 16, he said that the government believed in dialogue and that it was determined to speak to those who were ready to negotiate. “We cannot hold dialogue with those who are not ready for talk”, he asserted.
The interior minister strongly condemned Quetta's suicide bombings and the attack at the Quaid-e-Azam residency in Ziarat. “Our religion does not allow us to target women and children”, he said. He also mentioned that both Baloch and Pashtoon cultures and values forbid from attacking vulnerable classes of society.
Khan said an important meeting regarding Balochistan was to be held on June 20 in Islamabad to discuss the ways and means to of finding political solutions of issues relating to the militancy-hit province.
“We will announce the policy regarding Balochistan to restore the trust of people”, he concluded and walked out without answering the questions of journalists.