While most of the week’s headlines focused on India’s direct assault on Pakistan, its indirect, clandestine attacks also went on in the shadows all the while. A CTD official was martyred in a firing incident in the Hassankhel area of Peshawar on Wednesday (May 7).
The area has reportedly witnessed several attacks on police and other security forces in the last few years. Prior to this attack, seven soldiers were martyred by a blast from an improvised explosive device (IED) in Balochistan’s Kacchi District on Tuesday (May 6). The IED was planted by terrorists belonging to Indian proxy Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), per a press release from the ISPR. The ISPR has also accused India of activating its assets inside Pakistan to intensify terror attacks, indicating a potential surge in terrorist activity in the wake of India’s baseless blaming of Pakistan for the Pahalgam attack and its ongoing illegal assault on the country.
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Source: The News International
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