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Summary Gilani says some extremists are deteriorating the image of Islam and Pakistan.
No one can cast an evil eye on Pakistan as Pak Army and the whole nation is ready to sacrifice their lives for Pakistan, said Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani.He was addressing to passing out parade of recruits of Pakistan Army belonging to Baluchistan.The Prime Minister lauded the Baloch youth for standing shoulder to shoulder with their brethren from the rest of the country to safeguard country’s sovereignty and integrity.He said the government had planned to provide jobs to 20,000 youth from Balochistan and appreciated General Kayani and Commander of the Southern Command Lt General Javed Zia for ensuring best possible training to bring the youth from the area into the national mainstream.“I am sure these youth will bring honour and dignity to the country’s armed forces and Pakistan,” the Prime Minister said. Prime Minister Gilani highlighted the major development projects inBalochistan aimed at the socio-economic uplift of its people and said the Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan was specifically launched to bring about a positive change in the area.He said these unprecedented measures catered to provision of facilities relating health, education, employment, communications and economy.Gilani said 133 out of 1180 projects were being implemented in Balochistan at a cost of Rs 305 billion. He said Rs 126 billion had so far been spent while Rs 28 billion allocated during the current fiscal year.
