GWADAR: Interior Minister Rehman Malik Sunday said the government had abolished seven checkposts of law enforcement agencies under Aghaz-i-Huqooq-i-Balochistan package. He said Frontier Corps personnel would be deployed in Kohlu and Sui soon after calling Army personnel back form the areas.

Addressing an inauguration ceremony of NADRA Registration Center Gwadar here, he said the federal government wanted inclusion of maximum youth from Balochistan in security forces and law enforcement agencies to retain peace in the province.

He announced to deploy an Assistant Director and two inspectors at Custom Checkpost Gwadar and another Assistant Director at the checkpost of Pak-Iran border near Gwadar.

He highlighted those people of Makran who had been living in Muscat, they could enter their Pakistani areas only after showing passport.  He maintained the government had given special relaxation to youths of Balochsitan for their joining police and law enforcement agencies by relaxing condition of matriculation to middle class certificate.

He directed the recruitment process of Coast Guard should be carried out in Gwadar.

He said Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani was taking keen interest to resolve drinking water scarcity issue of Gwadar town.

He said Rs 230 million would be allocated for provision of natural gas to Gwadar town for which a committee had been formed to compile recommendations in this regard.

He said the government wanted to develop Gwadar following development of Egyptian city Sharmush Shaikh in order to promote tourism here. He also announced to regularize contract employees of NADRA Registration Office Gwadar besides giving them salary of one month as bonus.

He said the government would take stern action against elements involved in disturbing peace of Karachi.

The Interior Minister said President Asif Ali Zardari was symbol of the Federation and leader of the country’s largest political party who forced a dictator to resign from his office.

He said President Zardari was working on agenda to bring dissident people of Balochistan into mainstream politics by redressing excesses committed against them by previous governments.