LAHORE: (Tuesday, May 21, 2013): Caretaker Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Ghaus Bakhsh Barozai has said that the promise of peaceful polls in Balochistan was fulfilled without any cabinet while it was the most disturbed province in country and the office of caretaker chief minister remained unbiased and uncontroversial. He was addressing at Punjab University in a ceremony organized by Punjab University Academic Staff Association. PU VC Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran, Acting President Dr Faheem Aftab, Secretary Javed Sami, a large number of faculty members and Baloch students were present on the occasion.

Mr Barozai said that a power had threatened to halt poll process but we had been successful in holding elections with some procedural deficiencies and even helicopters were used to bring voters to polling stations. He said that the caretaker government also controlled incidents of violence. He said that unfortunately, militants were using children in terrorist activities by giving them money to drop bags at some places. He said that the only change that had occurred in the elections was like the change from IPhone 4 to IPhone 4S. He said that Balochistan province was damaged by its own people. He said that in the last government, MNAs were given worth Rs 250 million funds a year but people could see the condition of infrastructure in Quetta. He said that there were many “no go areas” in Balochistan only because ‘there were no roads'. He said that nothing was built in Quetta but the houses of leaders were more modern than European people's. He said that there was abundance of mineral and human resources in Balochistan but we were preferring personal interest to national interest.

He said that Punjab was playing a role of big brother and we had received positive gestures from the province. He said that ignorant people in media were not presenting true picture of problems in Balochistan. He said that Balochistan's biggest problem was lack of education and appealed to the other provinces to accommodate maximum Baloch students in their academic institutions. He said that we had hospitals but we lacked expertise to run them. He urged the newly-elected parliamentarians to serve Baloch people because it was the most crucial time.

Addressing the ceremony, Dr Mujahid Kamran congratulated Mr Barozai for holding peaceful elections without any cabinet. He said that Baloch people were brave, loyal and hard worker and even they could sacrifice their lives on the direction of their leaders. He said that 97 Baloch students were admitted to Punjab University with free tuition and free boarding facilities and Rs 3,000 monthly scholarship was also being given to each Baloch student. He said that Baloch students were motivated and they were learning a lot at Punjab University. Dr Faheem Aftab thanked Mr Barozai and PU VC Dr Mujahid Kamran for their presence in the event. Later, PU VC Dr Mujahid Kamran presented a portrait and books to Caretaker Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Ghaus Bakhsh Barozai.