Owais Ahmed Ghani - Achievements As Governor Baluchistan(August 2003 - January 2008)

January 2008)

• Negotiated with Baluch Militancy Leadership & successfully launched special Parliamentary Committee in 2005 involving all political parties of Pakistan for dialogue & reconciliation. (dialogue process was derailed in the last stages due to violent attacks by diehard Baluch militant elements)
• Designed & conducted an Amnesty Program for Baluch Insurgents in 2005-07 which succeeded in cessation of violence.
• Conceived & successfully completed the following Education Sector projects:

* Women University in Quetta-Baluchistan * Baluchistan University for IT, Management & Emerging Sciences in Quetta * Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water & Marine Sciences in Baluchistan * University of Science & Technology in Khuzdar-Balochistan * 3 Cadet Colleges at Killa Saifullah, Pishin & Jafarabad * Al-Hijra School & College at Ziarat; a public-private partnership for a Multi-Lingual System of Education English, Urdu, Arabic) for students from low income groups only with free tuition, boarding & lodging from 7th to 12th) * 22 million World Bank funded project for 600 Community Schools in remote rural areas implemented in partnership with selected NGOs.

• Chamalang Coal Mines & Social Uplift Project: a first ever type of self-contained & self-sustaining project involving:

* Reconciliation & Resolution of a 35 year old tribal conflict over the coal deposits in which over 500 lives were lost in tribal infighting * Settlement of appropriate shares in mining between the warring tribes to promote joint ownership of the project * Creation of a Reconciliation Fund raised by charge on the mined coal for payment of compensation to the families of those killed in the 35years of tribal conflict

• Creation of a Perpetual Social Development Fund raised by a cess on the mined coal for socio-economic development of the area of the two tribes whereby the following have been achieved to date and more development work continues:

* 100+ KM metalled road from the main highway to Chamalang valley * 100+ KM Electricity Transmission Line to Chamalang Valley * Drinking Water Supply System for the area * Construction of 3 nos: Housing Towns for Miners & their Families * Elementary Schools for Boys & Girls * Dispensaries & Hospital for Miners & Families * Raising a 1500 tribal Police Force for ensuring security, law & order * Commercial/Shopping centres & Truck Parking Areas

• Populating the remote Chamalang Valley with almost 150,000 souls involved in mining, trucking & related activities.