Terrorist attacks at the Chinese Consulate in Karachi and in lower Orakzai tribal district have killed dozens and injured many more on
Terrorist attacks in Pakistan’s financial hub Karachi and in a remote town of lower Orakzai tribal district have killed dozens and injured many more on Friday. At least 25 people died and another 50 were wounded in an explosion in the busy Kalaya Bazar area of Orakzai in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to Dr Shireen Mazari, the Minister for Human Rights. In the Karachi attack that took place at the Chinese Consulate, three terrorists and two policemen were killed.
According to security officials, the attack in Orakzai was a suicide bombing. It occurred near an imambargah, according to Dawn News. A search and rescue operation is underway in the area. The injured people have been send to the KDA teaching hospital in Kohat. Khalid Iqbal, an Orakzai district official, told the AFP news agency that the explosion was caused by “an improvised explosive device hidden in a carton of vegetables.”
Prime Minister Imran Khan “strongly condemned” the terrorist attacks in Orakzai and at the Chinese Consulate in Karachi. He described them as “a planned campaign to create unrest in the country by those who do not want Pakistan to prosper.” “Let there be no doubt in anyone’s mind that we will crush the terrorists, whatever it takes,” said the Prime Minister.
Other political leaders such as Bilawal Butto-Zardari also condemned the attacks. Butto said it was “absolutely heartbreaking to hear about the great loss of life in the attack in Lower Orakzai.” He also urged the government to implement the National Action Plan (NAP). Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Mehmood Khan said the terrorists couldn’t see peace in the province.
