Quetta, Oct 27 Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani has alleged that foreign hands were directly involved in the deteriorating law and order situation in region.

He further warned that the foreign players should avoid raising ethnic differences in Balochistan, otherwise they would also be engulfed by the fire.

Raisani said that people using the name of Baloch were neither sincere to the Baloch cause nor with the Baloch citizens, and alleged that the elements were promoting a foreign agenda at the cost of innocent people, The Dawn reports.

He also made it clear that all Balochs, Pashtoons, Hazaras and settlers living in Balochistan had equal rights in his eyes and he was determined to serve all communities without any discrimination.

The minister further raised the issue of murdered Balochistan Education Minister Shafiq Ahmed Khan, and said that he was a true Balochistani who had always struggled for the rights of the people.

"The murderer of Shafiq Ahmed Khan will be exposed soon," he added. (ANI)