Thursday became one of the deadliest days in the country’s history of fighting the war on terror as four bombings, three in Quetta and another in Swat, claimed at least 103 lives and left close to another 250 people injured.
Despite the butchery, no official of the Balochistan government commented or condemned the incidents nor did any minister visit the emergency-ridden hospitals in Quetta to enquire after the injured or oversee rescue operations.
The federal government had also not issued any statement until midnight.
As if the 34 killings in bombings in Swat and on an FC checkpost in Quetta earlier in the afternoon were not saddening enough, two more bombings in Quetta later at night killed at least 69 people, including four police officials, four rescue workers and two journalists, bringing a bloody end to the catastrophic day.
The first of Thursday killings came in Quetta when a powerful bomb ripped through the Bacha Khan Chowk in the city, killing 12 people, including two children and an FC official, and injuring 40 others.
The target of the attack was a Frontier Corps checkpost. The blast caused maximum damage as the post was set up in a congested market area and the bomb struck during peak crowd hours.
Several vehicles, including one in use by FC personnel, nearby shops and food stalls were destroyed in the explosion.
In Swat sometime later, at least 22 people were killed and more than 65 injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a Tableeghi Markaz in Mingora.
The blast took place at around 5:20pm in the facility located on Takhta Band Road in Mingora.
Police and an Inter-Services Public Relations spokesman initially termed the explosion as a gas cylinder blast, but Tableeghi Markaz sources, locals and victims of the blast later said that it had in fact been a suicide attack.
“I think it was a suicide attack, I was there, but not in the hall. I saw a man jump into the people and a huge blast occurred,” Altaf, a student at the seminary told Pakistan Today.
The Swat DCO and DPO refused to talk to reporters until availability of details.
“We will brief the media after completion of the initial probe into whether it was a cylinder blast or IED explosion,” the DPO said.
And just as TV channels were repeating footages of the two incidents and guessing their nature, news broke out of another bombing in Quetta some time later.
The first of two blasts that hit Quetta at night was reported from Rehmatullah Chowk on Alamdar Road, while the second occurred on Airport Road, a nearby area, only minutes after the first.
Several media teams, rescue and law enforcement officials that had rushed to the site of the first explosion fell victim to the second blast.
There was no stopping the rising toll in the twin blasts. It was 10 initially, then 20, 30 and later 40. But that was not the end, with the tally stopping at 69 by the time this report was made at 1am.
It was later said that the twin bombings had been suicide attacks, but no official confirmation had come until late at night.
No doubt India along with allies is involved in these terrorism also in over all in Pakistan.India clearly treated Pakistan in by saying proper response to attack on soldiers.raw along with other foreigner agencies already active in Baluchistan as well in all over country.It is also security failure to stop these attack even there is intelligence reports.The last five years of so called failed democratic government is most worst in Pakistan,s history.PPP is just proud of completing five years term but they don't see how country is suffered and suffering in these five years and still suffering. 2013 seems to be most worst year for Pakistan as now still its 10 January and how much disaster happens and still happening.There are question marks on Pakistan,s future.Being UNSC member is useless if there is no peace in home then its useless to be member.
All the borders with Afghanistan should be closed permanently because Afghanistan base for terrorism in Pakistan whom funded and supported by Pakistan,s enemies.Also refuges should taken out from Pakistan because these are security risk for Pakistan.
What is Zardari & Malik waiting for? how many more innocent deaths? eliminate Taliban now!!! Surely you have accumulated enough Dollars.
There are lots of voices on killing of one Pakistani soldier on LOC, but a deafening silence over today's carnage in Quetta and Swat. It seems one can kill hundreds-even thousands- of Pakistanis in the name of Islam and no one take any notice. Future of TTP is very bright in Pakistan.
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