QUETTA: At least 70 militants and a commander of a banned organisation surrendered to the government on Tuesday.
The militants and the commander, Marri, from the proscribed Baloch Republican Army surrendered during a ceremony held in the provincial capital.
Nawab Changez Marri, Senator Sarfaraz Bugti, Senator Anwarul Haq Kakar and Brigadier Tasawwur attended the ceremony.
During the ceremony, the militant commander lamented that the group’s leader lived out of the country and instructed youth in Balochistan to rebel against the state.
He requested other militants to lay down their arms and work for the development of the state. He also thanked the government for allowing them to rejoin society. As part of the ongoing political reconciliation in Balochistan, 265 anti-state militants laid down arms for the betterment and progress of the country on September 18.
Published in Daily Times, November 21st 2018.
