QUETTA: The government would make no compromise with elements challenging the writ of the state and continue to hunt them down, the Balochistan chief minister said on Monday.<\/p>\n

He was speaking to a delegation of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), headed by its president Zia Shahid.<\/p>\n

Sanaullah Zehri said the government was fighting terrorism on two fronts \u2014 the \u201cso-called Baloch freedom fighters\u201d in predominantly Baloch areas and the \u201csectarian fanatics\u201d from the province\u2019s Pakhtun areas.<\/p>\n

He said it was deplorable that when Baloch militants killed an innocent man, certain elements refused to call it an act of terror since it was carried out by \u201ca disgruntled man\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople sitting outside the country are involved in disturbing peace in Balochistan,\u201d Sanaullah Zehri alleged.<\/p>\n

He recalled that there was a time when people refrained from playing the national anthem in educational institutions out of fear, but the \u201csituation has changed now because of the government\u2019s dogged pursuit of terrorists\u201d.<\/p>\n

The chief minister called upon the media to promote national unity, complaining at the same time that its \u201cfocus was more on those involved in terrorism than the victims\u201d.<\/p>\n

Referring to threats from militant organisations that disallowed circulation of newspapers and disrupted TV transmission all over Balochistan, Mr Zehri said \u201cmilitants are taking out their frustration on the media\u201d.<\/p>\n

Federal Minister retired Lt General Abdul Qadir Baloch and provincial home minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti also spoke about the situation in Balochistan.<\/p>\n

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