- UNSC gives “deepest sympathy, condolences” over prepare hijacking.
- Urges nations to cooperate actively with Islamabad on this regard.
- Requires culprits behind acts of terrorism to be dropped at justice.
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Safety Council (UNSC) has strongly condemned the “heinous and cowardly” assault carried out by the outlawed Balochistan Liberation Military (BLA) terrorists on the Jaffar Specific, The Information reported on Saturday.
Calling for the culprits to be dropped at justice, the assertion issued by the 15-member Council President for March Denmark’s Christina Markus Lassen expressed “deepest sympathy and condolences” to and urged all nations to cooperate actively with Islamabad on this regard.
The UN physique’s condemnation got here in opposition to the backdrop of Tuesday’s assault on the Jaffar Specific by BLA militants who blew up prepare tracks and held over 440 passengers hostage in a day-long standoff with safety providers in a distant mountain cross within the Bolan district.
The army, after clearing the prepare and rescuing hostages, mentioned it killed 33 attackers. Earlier than the operation started, terrorists had martyred 26 passengers, whereas 4 safety personnel had been martyred in the course of the operation.
Giving a breakdown of the casualties within the incident, Director Common Inter-Providers Public Relations Lieutenant Common Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry revealed that 26 martyred prepare passengers included 18 safety personnel from the military and the FC, three officers from Pakistan Railways and different departments and 5 civilians.
He additional mentioned that the demise toll from the phobia assault might rise additional as 37 out of the 354 passengers had been injured.
The army’s spokesperson, throughout a press briefing on Friday, termed India the primary sponsor of terrorism in Balochistan and slammed the media warfare led by Indian media started in assist of the terrorists.
Pretend movies had been created by utilizing synthetic intelligence (AI) to unfold malicious propaganda concerning the Jaffar Specific assault on social media platforms, mentioned Lt Gen Chaudhry.
In the meantime, increasing on the assault, the UNSC mentioned that ther reprehensible act of terrorism resulted within the grievous lack of a number of Pakistani nationals.
“The members of the Safety Council reaffirmed that terrorism in all its types and manifestations constitutes one of the critical threats to worldwide peace and safety,” learn the assertion which additional reiterated that any acts of terrorism had been prison and unjustifiable, no matter their motivation, wherever, at any time when and by whomsoever dedicated.
“They [members] reaffirmed the necessity for all of the states to fight by all means, in accordance with the Constitution of the United Nations and different obligations beneath worldwide legislation, together with worldwide human rights legislation, worldwide refugee legislation and worldwide humanitarian legislation, threats to worldwide peace and safety attributable to terrorist acts,” the assertion concluded.