We need coordination to tackle the menace of lawlessness, he added.

He, however, said the FC would be needed until the law and order situation normalised in Balochistan. The chief minister said it was wrongly erceived that Balochistan was unsafe to travel in. !"uch fears are uncalled#for.

He also refuted re orts that $akistan%s national flag was no more dis layed throughout the rovince and eo le refrained from singing the national anthem.!This is ha ening only in a few remote areas of the rovince dominated by se aratists, he added. To a &uestion, 'alik said his recent (ondon visit was rivate and he went there to attend the Fai) 'ela. He denied holding any talks with the e*iled Baloch leaders there. !+o olitical contact was made nor was any mechanism for holding talks formalised, he added.!But soon we will convene an ,ll $arties Conference on Balochistan in -uetta to develo a strategy for holding talks with the militants.

,ll the arties, whether they had re resentation in arliament or not, will be invited to the ,$C, he said. !. have been given the mandate to hold negotiations with militant leaders and we will start the dialogue rocess with them with sincerity.

!We will a roach everyone to ave the way for a olitical settlement, he e* lained, adding that the use of force had not roduced any results in Balochistan.'alik denied having direct contacts with Brahamdagh Bugti / a grandson of ,kbar Bugti and chief of the se aratist Baloch 0e ublican $arty. However, he said he remained keen on holding talks with him to bring eace to his violence# lagued rovince.

He admitted that the government writ remained non#e*istent in certain arts of Balochistan but ho ed his government would manage to establish it soon.1n the &uestion of local bodies% elections, 2r 'alik said his government would follow the orders of the "u reme Court and hold elections on a arty basis. ,t the same time, he said delimitation in certain arts of the rovince could not be held.

1n the target killings of doctors and intellectuals, he said it remained a big loss and his government was working to end this trend.!This rovince has been a conflict )one for the last 34 years and there are definitely certain international actors too who remain active, he said, adding, !Their interference in $akistan%s domestic affairs should sto .

.t is for the first time in 34 years that 5a middle class government% has been formed in the rovince and credit for this goes to $rime 'inister 'uhammad +awa) "harif, who asked the +ational $arty to form the rovincial government, he said.

!+umerically s eaking, we were short in number and the $akistan 'uslim (eague#+ could have formed the government. But for the sake of eace and to bridge the ga between .slamabad and Balochistan, +awa) "harif su orted the +$, he added.

.t is a coalition government with three ma6or arties in ower, the $7',$, +$ and $'( +, and all are on the same age to bring normality to the rovince, 'alik said.Balochistan has two ma6or roblems / olitical and economic / which need to be tackled with the su ort of the coalition artners, the $7',$ and $akistan 'uslim (eague +, 'alik said. 1n the olitical front, militancy, sectarian terrorism and tribal feuds create the main law and order roblems, he said.

!The insurgency in Balochistan should be seen in a historical ers ective8 it is time to work within the framework of the Constitution to resolve all issues, though it is easier said than done.

,bout the rehabilitation of the earth&uake#hit eo le of ,waran and 7ech districts, he said the rovincial government had rovided about 39,444 tents, food and other items to the affected families.,bout 0s:4#0s ;4 billion is re&uired for the rehabilitation of the &uake affected eo le, while Balochistan%s total budget is :; billion, he said.

He urged the international community and overseas $akistanis to hel his government carry out rehabilitation and reconstruction work in the &uake#hit areas. He said the government had decided to turn this disaster into an o ortunity to develo the infrastructure of ,waran.

<conomically s eaking, he said out of 3= districts 34 were badly affected due to overty and lagged behind in terms of education, health, and infrastructure.The chief minister announced 0s9 million for the 7arachi $ress Club.