Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has mentioned that the nation can’t progress till the menace of terrorism is eradicated from Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Lauding the unequalled sacrifices rendered by the safety forces within the backdrop of Jaffar Categorical hijacking incident, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif mentioned malicious propaganda towards the troopers and martyrs wouldn’t be tolerated.
The premier reached Quetta to precise solidarity with the folks and assessment the legislation and order scenario following the aftermath of the lethal Jaffar Categorical hijacking incident.
The premier’s go to comes after safety forces eradicated all 33 Balochistan Liberation Military (BLA) terrorists who had hijacked the Jaffar Categorical which was carrying greater than 400 passengers — who had been taken hostage — on Tuesday.
A day earlier, saying the completion of the round two-day-long operation, Director Basic Inter-Providers Public Relations Lieutenant Basic Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry mentioned the armed forces took half within the motion towards terrorist who “remained in touch with their facilitators and mastermind primarily based in Afghanistan by way of satellite tv for pc telephone”.
Models from the Pakistan Air Power (PAF), Particular Providers Group (SSG), Military, and Frontier Corps (FC) took half within the operation, the military’s spokesperson mentioned.
Noting that every one hostages had been freed, the army’s spokesperson revealed that 21 passengers had been martyred by the terrorists earlier than the clearance operation had commenced. Additionally, 4 FC personnel had been additionally martyred in the course of the assault in Mushqaf space of the Bolan district.
“Whoever did this might be hunted down and delivered to justice,” mentioned Lt Gen Chaudhry, including that the suicide bombers — current close to the hostages utilizing them as human shields — had been taken out by snipers.
In the meantime, with emergency imposed in Sibi and Civil Hospital Quetta, at the very least 29 wounded within the Jaffar Categorical incident have been shifted to the provincial capital — of which 16 and 13 have been delivered to the CMH and the Civil Hospital, respectively.
In line with the hospital administration, the situation of the injured passengers is steady and they’re out of hazard. Additionally, 47 passengers have been shifted to Quetta from Mach.
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