President Musharraf to chair grand Jirga on November 8

QUETTA: Grand Jirga consisting of Balochistan Baloch and Pushtoon Sardars and tribal elders would be held in the federal capital on November 8 which would be chaired by President Musharraf.

According to reliable sources, the aim of holding the grand jirga is to review the political and tribal situation in Balochistan and to take the Baloch and Pushtoon Sardars, tribal elders into confidence so that their opinion could be included in the development process of Balochistan province.

Contacts have been started at the government level with Baloch and Pashtoon sardars and tribal elders for materializing the holding of the grand jirga.

Sources told that Balochistan’s Sardars, nawabs and tribal elders would be arriving in Islamabad on November 6 via a special plane from Quetta.