Security forces on Friday claimed to have killed three terrorists, including two high-value targets, in Kech district’s Balgatar area in a follow-up clearance operation conducted on a makeshift hideout linked with recent terrorist activities in Panjgur.
According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the terrorist hideout was surrounded following a major intelligence tip. It said the security forces encircled the terrorists, and in an intense exchange of fire, killed all three terrorists hiding there.
The ISPR said that the killed individuals included terrorist Summair alias Bahar, Altaf alias Lalik and Phailan Baloch who was involved in terrorist activities against security forces in Hoshab, Panjgur and other areas. The statement further said that the killed terrorists were involved in terrorist activities in the entire province, adding that a cache of arms and ammunition was recovered from the hideout.
On Wednesday, the country’s armed forces repulsed terror attacks in Panjgur and Naushki.
Meanwhile, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said the ministry would give an in-camera briefing to the Senate’s Standing Committee on Interior on the current situation of law and order in the country.
The minister told the committee, which met with Senator Mohsin Aziz in the chair, that it would be appropriate to brief the committee members in-camera as it was sensitive information.
The committee chairman said the in-camera meeting of the body would be convened for the purpose. The committee offered Fateha for the departed souls of armed forces’ personnel who embraced martyrdom in the terrorist attacks in Balochistan.
The chairman said the brave armed forces had repulsed the terrorist attacks at their camps in Panjgur and Naushki, while killing 15 terrorists. The committee, he said, would present commendation certificates to the FC personnel who had valiantly responded to the terrorists.
The committee would also give commendation certificates to cousins of Senator Sarfaraz Bugti for their bravery, he added.
The committee also reviewed Islamabad Capital Territory Prohibition of Interests on Private Loans Bill, 2021, Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021, Amendments to Section 325 of PPC and Schedule II of CrPC, the Registration (Amendment) Bill, 2021, Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2021, Children (Pledging of Labour) (Amendment) Bill, 2021, and the performance of CDA with respect to repair and maintenance of government accommodations.
Discussing the bills, Leader of the Opposition in Senate Yousaf Raza Gilani said that parliament should frame such laws which were suitable for the entire country.
The committee, while passing in principle the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2021, directed the Interior Ministry to further improve its nitty-gritty.
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