Pakistan’s troubled Balochistan province, hit hard by militancy, sectarian and separatist violence, plans to deploy aerial drones to hunt down those unleashing unrest and terrorism. “We have sent a letter to the federal government seeking permission to use the surveillance drones in the province,” provincial Home Secretary Akbar Hussain Durrani said on Sunday.
“We believe the use of surveillance drones will help the security and law enforcement agencies a lot since there are a lot of remote areas and mountainous regions in the province where these people take refuge,” he said, adding that the provincial government had allotted a budget for this purpose.He said the province’s law enforcement and security require to utilise modern technology to combat the terrorists, militants and criminals. Baluchistan has been wrecked by regular violence unleashed by militant and separatist groups who are also following the agenda of sectarian killings.