Pakistan PM Over Peshawar Attack: Amidst the back-to-back terror attacks in Pakistan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday (February 3) acknowledged the failure to prevent the Peshawar blast and called for a national response to deal with the menace. called for unity. More than 100 people were killed in a suicide blast during prayers at a mosque in Peshawar.
Addressing an apex committee meeting at the Governor’s House on the attack on the mosque and the evolving situation of terrorism in Pakistan, Sharif also expressed dismay over the criticism leveled by the opposition parties against the federal government in the wake of the terrorist attacks.
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Dawn newspaper quoted PM Shahbaz Sharif as saying, “There is a need for unity among political parties. This act of terrorism was carried out by penetrating the security check post and reaching the mosque. We should not hesitate to accept the facts.”
A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up during afternoon prayers at a Peshawar mosque on Monday (January 30). In this 101 people were killed and more than 200 were injured.
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Police said on Thursday (February 2) that the attacker was wearing a police uniform to enter the high-level area and was riding a motorcycle with a helmet and mask. Recently, many cases related to terrorism have been seen in Pakistan, most of which were executed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of the country.
However, terrorist attacks have also been seen in Mianwali city of Punjab, bordering Balochistan and restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Expressing sympathies to the families of those killed in the mosque attack, Sharif said it was being asked how this act of terror took place when terrorism had been brought to an end a few years back.
Many senior officials participated
Quoting reports from Pakistan, PM Shehbaz Sharif was quoted as saying that undue criticism was seen on social media in the wake of the incident. This is certainly condemnable. The occurrence of the incident due to security lapse will be investigated. But to say that it was a drone strike and similar allegations were unnecessary at this sad time.
On the other hand, the meeting on Friday (February 3) was attended by several senior officials of the Government of Pakistan, including Army Chief General Asim Munir, Chief Ministers of four provinces and Gilgit-Baltistan, federal ministers and leaders. PM Sharif said that the whole of Pakistan is thinking about how this menace will be dealt with in future.
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