Terrorism stays one in every of Pakistan’s fundamental problems, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif mentioned on Wednesday as he condemned the assault on a police van in Lakki Marwat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Pakistan Taliban, which stocks a not unusualplace lineage with Afghanistan Taliban, claimed obligation for the assault on a ordinary police patrol that killed all six policemen withinside the vehicle.
Let us make no mistake. Terrorism continues to be one of Pakistan’s foremost problems. Our armed forces & police have valiently fought the scourge. No words are enough to condemn terrorists’ attack on a police van in Lakki Marwat. My thoughts & prayers are with bereaved families.
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) November 16, 2022
A spokesperson for Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) stated that the police van changed into ambushed at the same time as at the manner to perform a raid withinside the area. Prime Minister Sharif presented his condolences and stated on Twitter, “terrorism remains one in every of Pakistan’s fundamental problems”. “Let us make no mistake. Terrorism remains one in every of Pakistan’s fundamental problems. Our armed forces & police have valiantly fought the scourge. No phrases are sufficient to sentence terrorists’ assault on a police van in Lakki Marwat. My mind and prayers are with bereaved families,” Sharif tweeted.
Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah additionally condemned the assault at the police employees in Lakki Marwat and sought a record from the leader secretary and IG Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of the incident. “Federal Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah strongly condemned the terrorist assault at the police van in Lakki Marwat and expressed problem over the incident. A record of the incident changed into sought from the Chief Secretary and IG Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Expressing deep sorrow and remorse over the martyrdom of police employees,” his workplace tweeted.
The TTP have for years operated in northwestern Pakistan, as soon as a haven for terrorists from each aspects of the Afghan-Pakistan border. The ouster of the West-subsidized authorities in Afghanistan via way of means of the Taliban have advocated Islamabad and the TTP to attain a peace settlement via speak however the negotiations have now no longer yielded any end result so far. A cease-fire, however, has been in region seeing that May.