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Pakistan

It is now time to end terrorism: PM Shehbaz says after Balochistan attacks

  • Remarks come after Pakistan saw one of its worst attacks a day ago
Published August 27, 2024

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday that it was now “time to end terrorism” after terrorists launched numerous attacks on Sunday midnight in Balochistan.

Addressing the federal cabinet today, the premier said that as per reports, more than 50 Pakistanis have been martyred including soldiers and law enforcement agencies’ personnel.

He further said terrorists were mistaken if they believed they could establish their hold by martyring innocent Pakistanis.

“The sole aim of their nefarious and impure goals is to stop the journey of progress in Pakistan,” he added.

“Doors of dialogue are open for those who believe in Pakistan and its constitution.”

However, no talks will be held with the enemies and terrorists, PM Shehbaz said.

The PM further said that the government has assured the security forces of providing them with “whatever financial resources they needed by reducing our other expenditures”.

His statement comes after at least 73 people were killed in Balochistan when terrorists attacked police stations, railway lines and highways and security forces launched retaliatory operations on Monday.

Rail traffic with Quetta was suspended following blasts on a rail bridge linking the provincial capital to the rest of country. Militants also struck a rail link to neighbouring Iran, railways official Muhammad Kashif said.

Police said they had found six as yet unidentified bodies near the site of the attack on the railway bridge.

On Sunday night, armed men blocked a highway, marched 23 passengers off vehicles, and shot them after checking their identity cards, a senior superintendent of police, Ayub Achakzai said.

As many as 35 vehicles were set on fire on the highway in the area of Musakhel.

“The armed men also not only killed passengers but also killed the drivers of trucks carrying coal,” said Hameed Zahir, deputy commissioner of the area.

Moreover, on Sunday, six security personnel and four civilians were killed in clashes with terrorists who stormed a station of the Balochistan Levies in the central district of Kalat, police official Dostain Khan Dashti told Reuters.

Balochistan, which borders both Iran and Afghanistan, is Pakistan’s largest province by size, but the least populated and it remains largely underdeveloped, with high levels of poverty.

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KU Aug 27, 2024 02:04pm
Policy on terrorism cannot be left to rise or ebb of anti-state activities, there has to be permanent solution along with permanent presence of security in vulnerable regions for people's welfare.
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Ali Aug 27, 2024 04:58pm
Actual culprit is India... Who is sponsoring BLA in balochistan... Indian agent Kulboshan yadav was also arressted from balochistan.
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Aam Aadmi Aug 27, 2024 05:20pm
A funny statement. There was always a time to end Terrorism. What did the government do and what will it do now?
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IMTIAZ CASSUM AGBOATWALA Aug 27, 2024 05:29pm
Really ? Have you been sleeping all along ?
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Maqbool Aug 27, 2024 08:56pm
Better too late than never .
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Fayez Aug 27, 2024 10:05pm
Since Mohsin Naqvi became interior minister and PCB chairman. Both depts performance has been pathetic
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Re=== Aug 27, 2024 10:46pm
@Ali, if one guy Kulboshan yadav who was arrested several years ago and is sitting in Jail can do so much damage, imagine what the rest can do? Keep blaming others, for Pakistan leadership failure
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Re=== Aug 27, 2024 10:46pm
In any other country the leadership of the security would have been fired. Not in pak.
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