Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday reached Quetta on a day -long visit, where he meets injured security staff from the recent Kalat Operation and participate in a briefing on peace and security.
According to a statement from the Prime Minister’s office, Sharif meets during his visit with soldiers who were wounded while bravely fought against terrorists in Kalat.
He will also meet with provincial management to receive a detailed information about the current security situation in the region.
Accompanying the Prime Minister of this visit is Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif, Minister of Information Attaullah Tarar and Energy Minister Owais Laghari.
Earlier, in a series of terrorist operations in Balochistan, security forces and law enforcement authorities have killed 23 terrorists over the last 24 hours and foiled terrorist attempts to interfere with peace in the region. Eighteen Pakistani soldiers were martyrated during the operations, according to a statement from Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
The statement said that on the evening of January 31 to February 1, terrorists tried to establish roadblocks in the Mangoker area of the Kalat District. The terrorist carried out an attack “on the request of inimic and hostile forces” which “aimed to disrupt the peaceful environment in Balochistan by mainly targeting the innocent civilians.”
To act quickly mobilized and engaged the security forces militants, killed twelve of them and prevented further violence.
The media wing of the Pakistani military confirmed that follow-up operations were launched in Balochistan Province, including in the Harnai district, where eleven several militants were killed.
Several terrorist developments were also held in these actions.
The ongoing sanitization operations aim to bring the perpetrators and their facilitators of justice, the ISPR said.
