Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Saturday said that the terrorists and facilitators behind the attacks on 12th Rabiul Awwal were “proxies of the enemies of Pakistan and its people”.
The army chief visited Quetta today where he was briefed on recent terrorist attacks in Mastung and Zhob in a meeting with interim Interior Minister Sarfraz Ahmed Bugti, caretaker Balochistan Chief Minister Ali Mardan Khan Domki, provincial ministers and senior civil and military officials.
The meeting’s participants offered prayers for the martyrs of the three incidents, according to a press release issued by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR).
Paying tribute to the martyrs, the army chief said: “Such incidents of terrorism on 12 Rabiul Awwal, depicts the ill intent of the khawarij (defectors from religious mainstream), who have the backing of state sponsors of terrorism.”
