ISLAMABAD: A total of 10,082 youth from Baluchistan province have joined the Pakistan Army as officers and soldiers during the last three years, authoritative sources have revealed.
Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani had allotted 10,000 vacancies for the youth of Baluchistan in the army during the years 2009-2011 and announced an additional 5,000 vacancies for 2012.
“We are happy to note that there is a tremendous response to the army’s recruitment drive in Baluchistan,” said the sources. “The enthusiasm among the youth of the province to join the armed forces, especially the army, is unambiguous.” The sources asserted that the army chief was taking a keen interest in the affairs of the province so as to play his part in improving the economic standing of Baluchis.
Highlighting the educational projects undertaken by the military in Baluchistan in the last five years, the sources counted a college in Sui, Baluchistan Public School in Sui, Quetta Institute of Medical Sciences (QIMS), GIT (Gwadar Institute of Technology), Chamalang Beneficiary Education Programme (CBEP), BITE (Baluchistan Institute of Technical Education) and Army Institute of Mineralogy (AIM).
They said these institutes had been launched to promote education and enlighten the youth of the province.
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