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QUETA:
As Balochistan reeled from a new wave of violence, Home Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Saturday blamed India for a coordinated terror campaign in the province.
Speaking to the media along with Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti on Saturday night, Naqvi said the attacks bore the hallmarks of external planning and support. “These were not normal terrorists. India is behind these attacks. I can assure you that India planned these attacks along with these terrorists,” he said.
He said authorities would pursue everyone involved, as well as those who direct them behind the scenes.
“We will expose them to the world: the face with which they face the world and the face with which they support terrorists,” he said.
Naqvi added that India was the “main country” behind terrorism and said it not only provided financial support to terrorists but also helped them in planning and strategizing.
For his part, Bugti thanked Naqvi for immediately traveling to Quetta after the attacks.
“We chaired a high-level meeting on security and visited the wounded at the Combined Military Hospital,” the Prime Minister said.
“As for the incident itself, no information has arrived yet, but I want to say that the operation is practically over,” he said. Bugti also condemned the killing of women and children belonging to a Baloch family hailing from Khuzdar in Gwadar labor colony.
He praised police and security personnel for their response to the attacks.
“The morale of the terrorists was declining. To raise it, they carried out this attack but the lethality was very low,” the CM said.
“The response of the security forces was magnificent,” he added, stressing that the State’s determination “cannot be weakened.”
Naqvi also held high-level discussions on the law and order situation in Quetta, while Bugti reiterated that the sacrifices of the martyrs “will not be in vain”, according to an official statement.
He said the minister and the chief minister visited Police Lines to offer funeral prayers for the martyrs and meet their families.
“The people and security forces of Balochistan are brave and brave,” Naqvi said.
“Our soldiers took comprehensive and effective measures against the terrorists. The sacrifices of the martyrs cannot be forgotten and the nation salutes them.”
CM Bugti was quoted as saying: “The sacrifices of our martyrs will not go in vain. The State has always supported the oppressed and will continue to do so.”
