The government has asked to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to identify the planners and schemers behind yesterday's Islamabad attack. Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, who came under severe criticism in the Parliament over federal capital's incident in less than a day after the government reciprocated to Taliban's cease-fire and halted its ongoing targeted operation against them, assured the House that the government would surely track down the mastermind of Islamabad attack.
The Minister said the government would go after them and would capture them. As announced by the Taliban that their people were not involved in the attack, the Taliban should condemn the tragic incident and help trace the schemers, he demanded. Nisar reiterated that terrorism and dialogue could not go together and an investigation was in progress to determine and identify the people involved in the attack. The day-long investigation into the incident has provided a clear sense of direction and a line to the government which he regretted can not be disclosed because publicity of information could provide the terrorists an opportunity to escape.
The Minister disclosed that there were three major directions or options that provide a basis for investigation; the first one that the latest terrorists act may be a reaction by the associates to those seven people who were arrested by law enforcement agencies on the basis of six-day security interception. The second direction, according to him, is that people concerning TTP may be involved in it while the third is that the terrorist act may be carried out by some other terrorist group backed by foreign elements. Nisar said that he could tell the house about the possible clue the government was focusing but its sharing would be inappropriate at this point in time. He informed the House that as many as 11 people had lost their lives, including a judge, and 29 people suffered serious injuries.
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