The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif telephoned Inspector General (IG) Sindh Police Allah Dino Khawaja and expressed his grief over the killing of seven cops in Karachi.
General Raheel assured the police chief that Pakistan Army would fully cooperate with Sindh police in the fight against terrorism.
The Army Chief also extended his condolences to the families of martyred police personnel.
Seven police personnel were martyred in two separate firing incidents in Karachi when unidentified armed men targeted their mobiles in Orangi Town on Wednesday.
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“Terrorists will be eliminated from provinces. Police will be assisted everywhere and at every level,” officials quoted the army chief as saying. They said General Raheel appreciated police’s role in the ongoing anti-criminal operation in Karachi.
Eight motorcycle gunmen on Wednesday shot dead seven police personnel guarding a polio vaccination team in two separate firing incidents in Karachi’s Orangi Town.
IG Sindh has announced Rs.5 million reward for the arrest of the gunmen, as well as Rs.2 million compensation to each of the victims’ families.
IG claims that the attackers have been identified.
Officials said police meanwhile carried out ‘targeted actions’ in different areas, including Defence and Shireen Jinnah Colony, arresting at least eight suspects including a woman in connection with the attack.
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Like did the Army in Rajanpur Operations.
Tum khush ham khush !
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