Malik vows to address concerns over Balochistan Package

Federal Minister for Interior Rehman Malik on Tuesday said everyone imprisoned thought himself to be a political prisoner. Whereas, Talal Akbar Bugti refuted Balochistan package saying he was not taken on board.Talking to media outside Parliament House Islamabad after announcement of Balochistan package, Rehman Malik said there was no military operation underway in Balochistan. He said FC was deployed in the province only after target killing started. The people of Balochistan have felt that a meager amount of people are defaming them and destroying peace. Malik vowed to address concerns of everyone on Balochistan package.Talal Akbar Bugti, son of Nawab Akbar Bugti, while talking to Dunya News refuted the Balochistan package. Bugti said he was not taken on board over the issue. We want complete provincial autonomy. The army should be called back, FC should not be deployed. Bugti said they wanted the same old system and demanded to redeploy Lavies in the province.On the other hand, talking to media MQM leader Dr. Farooq Sattar underlined the need to give complete control of Gwadar and provincial autonomy to Balochistan. He urged the government to take all leaders of the province on board. The importance of the package will only be clear when concerns of all the leaders are addressed. Commenting on NFC Award, Farooq demanded to give 60 percent share to the provinces in vertical division and the horizontal division should be based on revenue generation and area of the province.