According to the Balochistan Health Department Director General Dr. Shakir Baloch numbers of AIDS patients in the province had increased from 3500 to 5000 but only 1334 were registered with the AIDS Control Programme. He said that during a press conference at Quetta Press Club. World AIDS Day would be observed in the province in collaboration with the provincial AIDS Control Programme UNICEF and other organizations. Notably 911 patients of HIV-AIDS were being treated in Quetta and 301 in Turbat under the programme. The DG also informed that HIV cases were reported in places like Qila Saifullah Zhob Gwadar Lasbela
