MUSAKHEL: At least 23 passengers from Punjab were killed by unidentified armed men after offloading them from vehicles in Balochistan\u2019s Musakhel district last night, police officials said.<\/p>\n
According to the details, terrorists offloaded passengers from trucks and buses traveling to and from Punjab on an inter-provincial highway in the Rarasham area of Musakhel, and individuals from Punjab were identified and shot.<\/p>\n
According to Musakhail Assistant Commissioner Najeeb Kakar, the dead are reportedly from Punjab, and the armed men also torched 10 vehicles.<\/p>\n
Following the incident, Law Enforcement Agencies including Police and Levies cordoned off the area and began shifting the bodies to the nearby hospital.<\/p>\n
“Three of the victims were from Balochistan and the rest from Punjab,” Assistant Commissioner told AFP.<\/em><\/p>\n Speaking to a private TV channel, the Balochistan government’s spokesperson Shahid Rind said that the militants had launched attacks at several places in the province where they faced retaliation and resistance from the security forces.<\/p>\n According to the ISRP, terrorists launched cowardly attacks at several places in Balochistan o<\/span>n the night of August 25 and 26. “So far, 12 terrorists have been killed and the security operation will continue until the end of the menace of terrorism,” the statement read.<\/p>\n The Musakhel attack comes nearly four months after a similar attack in Noshki where nine passengers were offloaded from a bus and shot dead after gunmen checked their ID cards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Strongly condemning the incident, Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti sought a report from law enforcement agencies, adding that the Balochistan government will pursue the terrorists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n He expressed heartfelt sympathy and condolences to the families of those who died in the cowardly act of terrorists. The terrorists and their facilitators will not be able to escape an exemplary end, the CM Office said in a statement.<\/p>\n President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a passenger bus in the Musakhel area of Balochistan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n President Asif Ali Zardari said the brutal killing of innocent people is the killing of the entire humanity. He said the terrorists are the enemies of Pakistan and humanity. ” Those involved in the killing of innocent people must be brought to justice,” he added.<\/p>\n The Prime Minister directed the local administration to provide full cooperation to the bereaved families and provide immediate medical aid to the injured, state-run Radio Pakistan<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n \u0648\u0632\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u0639\u0638\u0645 \u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0634\u06c1\u0628\u0627\u0632 \u0634\u0631\u06cc\u0641 \u06a9\u06cc \u0628\u0644\u0648\u0686\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0646 \u06a9\u06d2 \u0639\u0644\u0627\u0642\u06d2 \u0645\u0648\u0633\u06cc\u0670 \u062e\u06cc\u0644 \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u0645\u0633\u0627\u0641\u0631 \u0628\u0633 \u067e\u0631 \u062f\u06c1\u0634\u062a\u06af\u0631\u062f \u062d\u0645\u0644\u06d2 \u06a9\u06cc \u0634\u062f\u06cc\u062f \u0645\u0630\u0645\u062a@CMShehbaz<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/xIwoorrmhB<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 PTV News (@PTVNewsOfficial) August 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nCondemnations pour in<\/h2>\n
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