Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday called for immediate arrest of those involved in killing of foreign tourists and their guide in Gilgit-Baltistan, saying that killing of citizens of friendly countries in Pakistan was a conspiracy against the country.
Chairing a cabinet meeting, the prime minister said enemies of Pakistan would not be allowed to succeed in their mission and perpetrators of the terrorist act would brought be brought to justice.
The attendees of the meeting expressed deep sorrow over the tragedy. The routine agenda of the meeting was shelved to discuss the unfortunate incident.
Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan told the meeting that the terrorists used a local guide to help them get to the foreign tourists’ abode in the mountains where they perpetrated the attack. The interior minister said one suspected guide was under interrogation.
Meanwhile, it is said that the bodies of the slain tourists had been identified. One was an American with dual Chinese citizenship, two were Chinese, three came from Ukraine, two from Slovakia, one each from Lithuania and Nepal.
