Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif is addressing Quetta after a visit to Balochistan as a result of a terrorist attack on the Jaffar Express train.
The incident took place on Tuesday afternoon when the train, traveling from Quetta to Peshawar and carrying 440 passengers, was banned by Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) militant group terrorists. They opened fire on the train and took the passengers hostage, indicating security forces to launch a two -day operation.
On Wednesday evening, Director General of the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) LT General LT General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry confirmed that the operation had ended, there are 33 terrorists at the site of the attack. The head of the ISPR also confirmed that 21 passengers and four Frontier Corps personnel were washed away in the hijacking, but no hostage was harmed during the final phase of rescue.
Prime Minister Shahbaz accompanied federal ministers and other officials to Quetta on a one -day visit today.
Premier presided over a high -level meeting to assess the security situation, where he was told about the current law and order situation in Balochistan, including the recent terrorist attacks.
Addressing a press conference after the meeting, the Prime Minister said that the officials gathered at a time when the entire nation was mourning the attack.
Pushing the terrorists, he said that he did not care about the sanctity of the holy month of Ramadan and made some of them hostage innocent civilians. “Such an incident may have never happened in the country of Pakistan before,” he said.
The Prime Minister said that the subsequent plan has been adopted aimed at saving the hostages and eliminating terrorists. He added that 339 passengers were rescued while 33 terrorists were “sent to hell”.
The Prime Minister said that the government may have saved the lives of its citizens in the recent incident, but the nation cannot afford to re -experience a similar incident.
Referring to the federal and all provincial officials, “We should all play our role.” The Prime Minister emphasized that if the pace of development of Balochistan does not reach other provinces, the whole country cannot prosper and prosper.
“Peace cannot be established in Pakistan unless terrorism is completely eliminated in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.”
Following the agreement with the group, the Prime Minister criticized the PTI government for the move that after an agreement with the group, the move to resettle the banned Tehreek-Taliban Pakistan fighters in the country.
Prime Minister Shahbaz praised the security forces for their role and sacrifices in the fight against terrorism. The Prime Minister criticized a particular “class” in the country for his “poisonous” rhetoric in the midst of the situation, saying that the Indian media also raised and spread it.
The Prime Minister said that there is no major enmity against the state to make fun of the same security forces and personnel and make fun of those who were making sacrifices in the fight against terrorism.
“No one can be given a license to spread poisonous propaganda against our soldiers who go to the borders and sacrifice themselves. It is not acceptable, it will not be tolerated and these sacrifices will not be wasted.
“Pakistan’s peace and prosperity is connected with it. The premiere stressed that there would be no prosperity without peace.
The Prime Minister warned that if the threat of terrorism is not eliminated from the country, then Pakistan’s existence is in danger.
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