Four commanders along with 140 other militants surrendered their arms to authorities on Monday.
The militants surrendered before the commissioner of Kalat division and law enforcement officials.
Militants who surrendered today belong to the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) and other proscribed groups.
Four commanders who surrendered are Eid Muhammad of the BLA, Niaz of Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) and two others, who were not named.
The commissioner while welcoming the surrender assured the militants that the government would make efforts to rehabilitate them, with the militants claiming that they were misled by certain elements to partake in subversive activities.
Militants also vowed to adopt peaceful lives and work for stability in the province.
The government also announced amnesty for the militants adopting peaceful lives and they will be integrated in Balochistan.
Kalat district has recently witnessed paramilitary operations with 34 members of the so-called United Baluch Army lost their lives at the hands of the Pakistani paramilitary forces less than two weeks ago.
Pakistan has been facing security challenges since it joined an alliance with the United States in the so-called war on terror in 2001.
Thousands of people have been killed over the past decade as a result of a surge in violence in the country. Thousands more have been displaced by the wave of violence and militancy.
In the country’s troubled northwestern tribal regions, Islamabad has been engaged in a major offensive against militant hideouts since June 2014, when a deadly raid on the Karachi International Airport ended the government’s faltering peace talks with the pro-Taliban militants.
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