QUETTA: Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Wednesday inaugurated 21 new NADRA registration centers and six new mobile registration vehicles in Balochistan during a ceremony held at CM Secretariat here.
National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan, Chief Minister Balochistan Mir Sarfaraz Bugti, provincial ministers, parliamentary secretaries, assembly members, NADRA officials, were also present.
Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar expressed satisfaction with the provision of new NADRA registration centers and MRVs in the province.
He instructed federal institutions to fully cooperate with the provincial government in providing services to the remote areas of Balochistan.
Chief Minister of Balochistan, Mir Sarfraz Bugti, on the occasion hoped that the establishment of new registration centers in 21 tehsils of Balochistan’s remote areas would facilitate the public in obtaining registration and identity cards.The Chief Minister added that the people in remote areas had faced difficulties in registration and obtaining identity cards.
The new registration centers and mobile vehicles would particularly benefit the elderly and women, allowing them to register and obtain identity cards at their doorstep.
Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar has said that a comprehensive roadmap is being prepared involving all stakeholders to resolve all issues of Balochistan through talks.
Presiding over a meeting on law and order and development in Balochistan at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat on Tuesday, Mr Dar said that security was a big issue of the province as anti-state elements are trying to destroy peace in the province and it is necessary to eliminate these elements.
Speaking at the meeting, Mr Dar said that Balochistan is close to the heart of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and that measures will be taken to address the issues being faced by the people of province.
He said the province must receive all its rights and acknowledged the current economic difficulties that the province and the country are experiencing.
However, the deputy prime minister held out an assurance that the “future of the country is bright”.
He said despite “temporary economic challenges”, persistent effort and firm resolve of the government would lead to sustainable development and growth of Pakistan.
Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti briefed the deputy prime minister on the ongoing development projects and the security situation in the province.
He said that improving education and healthcare is the top priority of the provincial government.
According to Mr Bugti, various reforms are being introduced to enhance good governance which is essential for building a strong relationship of trust between the state and its citizens.
The chief minister said that a scholarship programme for students doing Ph.D in science has been launched and 200 top universities of the world have been selected for this purpose. –Agencies
