Quetta: Opposition and Finance Minister of the Bal Road Chitchen Parliament urged the government to reopen closed borders with neighboring countries in the border area and introduce tax systems to help reduce unemployment and allow people living in border areas to make a living.
Bal Luzhi Emir or Jamaat-i-Islami Maulana Hidayat-ur-Rehman, who was also a member of the provincial parliament, accepted the border closure at a provincial parliament meeting on Tuesday.
He held protests in the House to resist protests with Iran’s closing borders in Panjigu, Guadal and other border areas.
JI leaders said the border with Iran should be reopened to restore trade activities in border areas. He said the unemployment rate is rising rapidly. He accused the provincial government of being accomplices in the people’s economic pain.
JUI-F MPA GHULAM DASTAGIR BADINI urges the provincial government to introduce tax systems in border areas to promote trade. He urged members of the PPP and PML-N parliament to bring up the matter at the federal level.
Tax system recommends helping people living in border areas make money
PPP parliamentary leader and governor Mir Sadiq Umrani said the concerns highlighted by Maulana Hidayat-ur-Rehman fall within the scope of the federal government.
He proposed to set up a CM-led committee to meet with PM to resolve the issue.
Mr Umrani said that due to the lack of agriculture, the people of the Macran division depended heavily on border trade.
Provincial Planning and Development Minister Mir Zahoor Buledi said the government is committed to providing jobs. He said the government is running a skill development program and will soon launch a loan program for young people.
He announced that 13 border markets would be established to create jobs for people living in border areas of the province.
Mr Brady said the terrorist incidents were related to elements of asylum in neighboring countries and the federal government was working to address this issue.
The spokesman ruled that PML-N parliamentary leader Mir Salem Khosa, PPP’s Mir Sadiq Umrani and MPA Nawabzada Tariq Magsi and others should meet with the Chief Minister to resolve the matter’s proposal.
Members of the ghost on the border asked the government to clarify whether the decision to close the border was taken by the provincial cabinet or the federal government.
Members of the council also requested the creation of a new district that includes tides and obligations. Mir Mir Asghar Rind, Secretary of Parliament, adviser to Chief Minister Majeed and Secretary of Parliament, Barkat Ali Rind, supported the proposal.
The conference meeting was postponed until Friday.
Posted at Dawn on September 24, 2025
