Balochistan: Senate body calls for legislation to check spy agencies

Chairman of the Senate’s Standing Committee on Human Rights Afrasiab Khattak has expressed concerns over the law and order situation in Balochistan and stressed the need of enacting new laws to check the ‘illegal’ and ‘unconstitutional’ activities of the secret agencies. Talking to media after presiding over the committee meeting here on Wednesday, he said that human rights violations were rampant in the provinces. He also expressed concerns over the migration of teachers, doctors and professionals from the province to other parts of the country due to deteriorating law and order situation and ongoing target killings.