QUETTA: Around 500 Baloch rebels on Friday surrendered to the government.
Some 487 militants from four Baloch rebel organisations, including at least eight senior commanders, laid down their arms at an official ceremony in the Quetta city.
The militants pledged their allegiance to the state of Pakistan at the ceremony, which was also attended by the provincial chief minister.
“These militants had killed my own son and brother but I have forgiven them. The state of Pakistan also forgives them and I welcome them to be part of Balochistan’s CPEC project,” said Balochistan Chief Minister Sanaullah Zehri at the ceremony.
“We will arrange employment for you. Nobody will be allowed to destroy peace in the province," he said.
Those who surrendered were members of Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), Balochistan Republican Army (BRA), United Baloch Army and Lashkar-e-Balochistan.
"We were misled by Brahumdagh Bugti. We have now come to know that he works for India. Why should we fight in our own country for another country," said Sarbaz Baloch, former spokesman of BRA, who has been fighting for 15 years.
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