Inter-Companies Public Relations (ISPR) Director Basic, Lieutenant Basic Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, is addressing a press convention to offer particulars on the Jaffar Specific hijacking and the clearance operation that adopted.
Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti can be attending the convention.
The ordeal started on Tuesday when separatist militants ambushed the Jaffar Specific en route from Quetta to Peshawar, blowing up the railway observe and attacking the practice with rockets.
Safety forces stormed the hijacked Jaffar Specific on Wednesday, bringing a dramatic finish to a 30-hour siege within the rugged Bolan space of Balochistan, killing all 33 terrorists, whereas efficiently rescuing greater than 300 passengers.
A day after the operation, the International Workplace mentioned that there was little question the assault was linked to Afghanistan.
Spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan instructed the media that the Afghan soil had been used in opposition to Pakistan and the most recent terrorist assault in opposition to Jaffar Specific close to Sibi in Balochistan was additionally orchestrated and directed by terrorist ring leaders working from overseas.
“Terrorists have been in direct communications with Afghanistan-based planners all through the incident,” he mentioned. The International Workplace assertion got here after the military additionally formally confirmed the Afghan hyperlink to the brazen practice hijacking.
The spokesperson mentioned Pakistan had repeatedly requested the interim Afghan authorities to disclaim using its soil for terrorist teams like BLA for his or her assaults in opposition to Pakistan.