- 29 injured in Quetta, 16 to CMH and 13 to civil hospitals.
- 47 other Jafar Express passengers transferred from Mach to Quetta.
- Defense Czar asks for national unity on such unfortunate events.
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif is ready to review the law and order situation during his Quetta Yatra after the incident of the deadly Jafar Express kidnapping.
After the premiere visit, security forces abolished all 33 Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) militants who abducted the Jaffer Express, who were carrying more than 400 passengers – who were taken hostage – on Tuesday.
Announcing the completion of a two-day operation, Director General Inter-Services Public Relations Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhary said that the armed forces participated in action against the terrorist, who remained in touch with their facilities and masterminds located in Afghanistan via satellite phones “.
The army spokesman said units of Pakistan Air Force (PAF), Special Services Group (SSG), Army and Frontier Corps (FC) participated in the operation.
Given that all the hostages were freed, the army spokesperson revealed that 21 passengers were martyred by the terrorists before the clearance operation started. Apart from this, four FC personnel were also martyred during the attack.
Lieutenant General Chaudhary said, “Whoever did this and will be brought for justice,”, saying that suicidal attackers – were taken out by snipers – snipers, using as a human shield.
Meanwhile, with the Emergency imposed at SBI and Civil Hospital Quetta, at least 29 injured in the Jaffer Express incident, they have been transferred to the provincial capital – 16 and 13 of which have been brought to CMH and Civil Hospitals respectively.
According to the hospital administration, the condition of the injured passengers is stable and they are out of danger. In addition, 47 passengers have been transferred from Mach to Quetta.
Meanwhile, the bodies of the people who were martyred with many of the injured in the incident have been transferred to the railway station and will be sent to their original areas after necessary administrative pre-needs.
Reacting to the unfortunate incident, Defense Minister Khwaja Asif laid the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to use the same language used by the Indian media and to use similar language from Afghanistan’s accounts on social media platforms.
“We need to rise above political interests and display national unity (on such occasions),” said Asif.
