Terrorism stays certainly considered one among Pakistan’s major problems, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif recounted on Wednesday as he condemned the assault on a police van in Lakki Marwat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Pakistan Taliban, which stocks a not unusualplace lineage with Afghanistan Taliban, claimed obligation for the assault on a ordinary police patrol that killed all six policemen withinside the vehicle.
A spokesperson for Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) stated that the police van become ambushed even as at the manner to perform a raid withinside the area.
Prime Minister Sharif provided his condolences and stated on Twitter, “terrorism is still certainly considered one among Pakistan’s major problems”.
“Let us make no mistake. Terrorism is still certainly considered one among Pakistan’s major problems. Our armed forces & police have valiantly fought the scourge. No phrases are sufficient to sentence terrorists’ assault on a police van in Lakki Marwat. My mind and prayers are with bereaved families,” Sharif tweeted.
Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah additionally condemned the assault at the police employees in Lakki Marwat and sought a record from the leader secretary and IG Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of the incident.
“Federal Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah strongly condemned the terrorist assault at the police van in Lakki Marwat and expressed subject over the incident. A record of the incident become sought from the Chief Secretary and IG Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Expressing deep sorrow and remorse over the martyrdom of police employees,” his workplace tweeted.
The TTP have for years operated in northwestern Pakistan, as soon as a haven for terrorists from each facets of the Afghan-Pakistan border. The ouster of the West-sponsored authorities in Afghanistan through the Taliban have recommended Islamabad and the TTP to attain a peace settlement via communicate however the negotiations have now no longer yielded any end result so far. A cease-fire, however, has been in location on account that May.