ISLAMABAD: A high-level meeting under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani was held here Tuesday to discuss the issue of missing persons and the law and order situation in Balochistan.
The meeting at the PM House was attended by Balochistan's Governor Nawab Zulfiqar Magsi and Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani, federal ministers, Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvaiz Kiyani and Director General ISI Lt. General Muhammad Zaheer-ul-Islam.
Director General Intelligence Bureau Aftab Sultan and Inspector General, Balochistan Karar Hussain also attended the meeting.
The ministers and advisors' included Changez Khan Jamali, Minister for Science and Technology, Farooq H. Naek, Minister for Law and Justice, Mir Israrullah Zehri, Minister for National Food Security and Research, Sardar Umer Gorgeij, Minister for Postal Services, Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, Advisor to PM on Human Rights, Senator Raza Rabbani, Choudhry Ahmad Mukhtar, Minister for Defence, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, Minister for Finance, Qamar Zaman Kaira, Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Syed Khursheed Shah, Minister for Religious Affairs. (APP)
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