QUETTA: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday stated that Pakistan can’t transfer ahead on the trail of progress with out eliminating the menace of terrorism in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Addressing a high-level assembly on legislation and order state of affairs in Quetta, PM Shehbaz paid tribute to Chief of Military Workers Chief of Military Workers (COAS) Normal Asim Munir and the safety forces for efficiently recovering 339 Jaffar Specific passengers who had been taken hostage by the terrorists in Bolan space of the province.
“The terrorists who attacked the prepare didn’t even care concerning the sanctity of the holy month of Ramadan,” the premier added.
Stressing the necessity for joint efforts to take care of the terrorism, the premier stated Pakistan couldn’t afford one other such accident.
Lauding the unequalled sacrifices rendered by the safety forces within the backdrop of Jaffar Specific hijacking incident, PM Shehbaz stated malicious propaganda towards the troopers and martyrs wouldn’t be tolerated.
The premier reached Quetta to specific solidarity with the folks and evaluation the legislation and order state of affairs following the aftermath of the lethal Jaffar Specific hijacking incident.
The premier’s go to comes after safety forces eradicated all 33 Balochistan Liberation Military (BLA) terrorists who had hijacked the Jaffar Specific 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 Normal Inter-Companies Public Relations Lieutenant Normal Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry stated the armed forces took half within the motion towards terrorist who “remained in touch with their facilitators and mastermind primarily based in Afghanistan through satellite tv for pc cellphone”.
Models from the Pakistan Air Drive (PAF), Particular Companies Group (SSG), Military, and Frontier Corps (FC) took half within the operation, the military’s spokesperson stated.
Noting that each one hostages had been freed, the navy’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 throughout the assault in Mushqaf space of the Bolan district.
“Whoever did this can be hunted down and dropped at justice,” stated 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 least 29 wounded within the Jaffar Specific incident have been shifted to the provincial capital — of which 16 and 13 have been dropped at 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.
It is a growing story and is being up to date with extra particulars.