Balochistan govt to establish directorate for minorities' affairs.

QUETTA -- Balochistan government has initiated a plan of setting up directorate for minorities' affairs in Quetta during the current financial year to ensure their (minorities) inclusion in the provincial and national development by providing them equal opportunities in socioeconomic and political sphere.

The government had allocated Rs 50 million for the establishment of endowment fund for minorities to provide them financial assistance in case of any emergency, a senior official of Balochistan government said on Thursday.

He said that the provincial government had also provided financial assistance amounting to Rs 89 million to 10,136 poor people of minority communities of the province.

Moreover, the provincial government had also allocated five per cent job quota for minorities in different government departments to enable them to play an important role in progress and prosperity of the country, he added.

The Balochistan government, during the last three years, had renovated and repaired a total of 213 worship places of minority...