ISLAMABAD Dec 04 (TNS): Pakistan People’s Party Senior Leader and Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior Senator A. Rehman Malik condemned the terror attack in Peshawar on Eid Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH).
He lamented the loss of precious lives and extended sympathy to the bereaved families.
Condemning the Peshawar carnage he said it was an attack on whole nation.
The terrorists want to weaken the country. National Action Plan’s implementation could have eliminated terrorism. The government should call APC meeting to review National Action Plan.
Terrorism and foreign anti-Pakistan elements pose danger to the country.
More than dozen people were martyred and more than 30 injured after terrorists attacked the student hostel inside the Directorate of Agriculture Extension on University Road, Peshawar early Friday morning.
The security forces later managed to kill all the terrorists after a gunfight which lasted over an hour.
SSP Operations Sajjad Khan told that five attackers wearing suicide jackets reached the compound in a rickshaw.
They were said to be wearing burqas in the rickshaw so as to avoid detection.
The police official said the attackers’ first target was the security guard of the premises, following which they made their way inside towards the students’ hostel of the Agriculture Training Institute.
“They could have wreaked havoc but the police and army successfully neutralised the threat,” he said further.
Later, army spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor praised the police performance during the operation. Maj Gen Ghafoor said the terrorists were in contact with their partners in Afghanistan throughout the attack.
