PM Imran Khan visits Headquarters Southern Command, Quetta

Author: Web Desk

QUETTA: Prime Minister Imran Khan has appreciated and acknowledged contributions of security forces towards improving peace, stability and socio-economic development of Balochistan.

Prime Minister Imran Khan along with Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan and federal ministers visited Headquarters Southern Command at Quetta Cantt.

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement said that Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa received the Prime Minister at Quetta Air Base.

During the visit, PM was given a comprehensive briefing on security situation, challenges and response of the province.

Imran Khan was also given briefing about the socio-economic development based Khushal Balochistan program, security if China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects and progress of fencing along Pak-Afghan borders.

The COAS said that having achieved stability in troubled areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, lately our focus has been on Balochistan which is economic future of Pakistan.

PM, after receiving the briefing, said that through a comprehensive national effort, cooperation between federal and provincial governments and assistance of Army we shall realize the true potentials of Balochistan.

He said that only a cohesive national effort shall take provinces and the country to the rightful destination of peace, progress, and prosperity.

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