- Abbasi urges political parties to unite for national security.
- Said India facilitates terrorist attacks in Pakistan via Afghanistan.
- India goes from billions to destabilize Pakistan, explains the minister.
Federal Minister of Railways Hanif Abbasi announced on Saturday a set of compensation of 5.2 million rupees and jobs in his ministry to the families of the victims of the Jaffar Express attack in the Bolan district of Baloutchistan.
Addressing a press conference at the headquarters of the Pakistani railways in Lahore, the Minister said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), Syed Asim Munnir, decided that the terrorists, whether in Pakistan or those who fled to other countries, would not be spared.
The Baloch Liberation Army (Bla) prohibited led an attack on the Jaffar Express to Peshawar by exploding the railway track and held around 440 hostage passengers in a day confrontation with security forces in a remote mountain pass.
The army, after cleaning the train and saved hostages, said that he had killed 33 attackers. Before the start of the operation, the terrorists had martyred 26 passengers, while four security staff were martyred during the operation.
Giving a break in the victims of the incident, the Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR), General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, revealed on Friday that 26 martyred train passengers included 18 members of the army and FC security staff, three officials of the Pakistani railways and other departments and five civilians.
During today’s supplier, the Minister of Railways criticized elements in Pakistan who did not condemn the attack by Jaffar Express, despite China and the United States expressing their conviction.
He urged political parties to reserve differences and unite with national security.
The Minister also accused India of supporting terrorist activities by opening 22 consulates in Afghanistan and facilitating terrorist attacks in Pakistan.
Abbasi said India spent billions to create ethnic divisions among the Baloch, Pachtoune and Punjabi communities, aimed at destabilizing the country.
He also warned that the Chinese-Pakistani economic corridor (CPEC) was targeted by the world forces because Pakistan resumed an economic force.
Presence of the security forces of Pakistan, he congratulated their efforts to save passengers trapped after the attack on Jaffar Express, qualifying their operation to notice.
He revealed that the suicide bomber planned to kill 427 train passengers, but the Pakistani army commandos successfully neutralized them before being able to explode their explosives.
He noted that such a high number of suicide bomber had never been seen before in Quetta, urging the whole nation to unite.
He warned that those who betray their country should face the consequences. The Minister underlined the need for political unity in the face of national security threats.
Abbasi has also announced its intention to modernize stations, in particular the installation of surveillance cameras and improvements in the transport of goods.