- Imran Khan, after condemning the attack, urges provincial govt to effectively provide best treatment to injured
At least 15 people, including five women and a school child, were injured in five different incidents of hand grenade attacks on school and houses in Shabqadar and Mohamand agency Saturday, local police said.
In all, one school and four houses were attacked by the miscreants.
Five women and a child were injured in an attack on a house. The injured also included a security guard of a primary school in Shabqadar tehsil. Miscreants attacked two houses in Zari Koroona and Mosool Koroona villages while a private school in Sro Kelay.
Police official Zaman Khan said the attacks took place in the town of Shabqadar, which is located near Mohmand tribal agency. He added the police have launched a hunt for those responsible.
Khan said no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, which caused panic among residents.
The injured have been shifted to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Shabqadar and Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar.
Mohmand is one of Pakistan’s seven semi-autonomous tribal districts near the Afghan border, rife with homegrown insurgents and foreign militants.
Despite heavy military presence on both sides of the border, cross-border movements of militants (in both ways) have been a major area of concern.
PTI’S LEADERSHIP STRONGLY CONDEMNS ATTACK:
The senior leadership of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), including Chairman Imran Khan, Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Secretary General Jahangir Khan Tareen and Central Secretary Information Shafqat Mehmood have strongly condemned the bomb attack in Shabqadar and expressed solidarity with the victims.
In a statement issued by PTI, Imran Khan urged the provincial government to effectively provide the best treatment to the injured.
“We have to keep an eye on both internal and external enemies in order to improve law and order situation in the country,” he added.
He pressed on a comprehensive inquiry of the incident and stressed to deal the culprits responsible for such heinous act with iron hands.
Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi has also strongly condemned the bomb attack and stated that reign of terror is utterly unacceptable and stressed provincial government to take effective measures to ensure peace in the province. He pressed on implementation of the National Action plan in order to curb terrorism.
Secretary General PTI Jahangir Tareen has stated that brutal attack in Shabqadar is highly condemnable and added that enemies of Pakistan will not succeed in destabilising the country.
Central Secretary Information Shafqat Mehmood, while condemning the attack, said that the perpetrators must be brought to book.
PTI leaders have also prayed for early recovery of the injured in the attack and urged the provincial government to ensure the provision of best medical care for them.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak and Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra also condemned the hand grenade attacks and said that attacker would not escape from the grip of the law. They expressed heartfelt condolences to the affected families and prayed for the early recovery of all injured persons.