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Nisar demands all parties commission on Balochistan

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Nisar Ali Khan has demanded constitution of All Parties Commission on Balochistan.

The National Assembly on Friday was told that some points of Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan Package could not be implemented.Parliamentary Secretary for Cabinet and Establishment Division Khurram Jahangir Wattoo told the House during question hour that under the Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan Package forty two out of sixty-one policy actions have been implemented while other proposed actions are in various stages of implementation.He said the policy actions have been divided into constitutional‚ administrative‚ political and economic categories as envisaged by the federal government.PPP MNA Nasir Ali Shah said that the decisions taken by the Supreme Court were not implemented. He said that the government should resolve the issue through dialogue by involving all the stakeholders.Opposition leader in the National Assembly Ch Nisar Ali Khan demanded constitution of all parties Commission on Balochistan.Talking to newsmen in his Chamber in the National Assembly‚ he said the proposed commission should have representation of all parties both in and outside the Parliament.Information Minister Kamar Zaman Kaira said that Balochistan was a sensitive issue but the PPP government had apologised from the Baloch people on very first day of its coming into power.However, the apology was not for sins but for the severe mistakes committed by the past governments, Kaira maintained.Some members also demanded to call a special session of the Parliament on the issue of Balochistan.