QUETTA: At least two hundred separatist militants, including 15 commanders, renounced violence and laid down their arms on Thursday at a ceremony held at FC Headquarters Turbat.
Chief Minister Abdul Quddus Bizenjo and Commander Southern Command Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa were chief guests of the ceremony. The separatists announced submitting to the writ of the state and becoming part of the national mainstream, according to an official press release.