Lahore (July 25, 2017): Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa has reached Lahore, where he is presiding over a security meeting at Corp Headquarters.
Army Chief reached Lahore where he is presiding over a high level meeting at Corps Headquarters.
High civil and military officials are attending the meeting, which is deliberating over security situation of the country especially in Punjab.
The meeting is discussing yesterday’s suicide attack in Lahore which claimed 27 lives.
The Army Chief dashed to Lahore following the yesterday’s suicide attack in Lahore which claimed 27 lives and injured over 50 others.
The attack was claimed by the banned terrorist group TTP and is believed that police was main target of the bombers. Nine policemen also martyred in the deadly attack.
Earlier, Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited Lahore General Hospital, where almost three dozen of the injured victims are undergoing treatment.
The army chief was given a briefing on the nature of injuries by the hospital’s medical superintendent.
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According to the Inter Services Public Relations, the army chief departed from Rawalpindi earlier to head to Lahore to chair a meeting on security issues following the Lahore blast.
Initial investigations have revealed that the bomber had help from two facilitators who accompanied him to the site of the incident.
Lt Gen Sadiq Ali is the commander of the Pakistan Army’s IV Corps, which is headquartered in Lahore.
Less than 10 days ago, the army announced the launch of a new military operation in Khyber Agency.
ISPR DG Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, addressing a press conference, had informed that the follow-up operation, Khyber-IV, has been launched in Khyber Agency’s Rajgal Valley.
The DG ISPR informed that the valley, next to the Afghan border, is being used by Daesh and other local militant groups.
The army spokesperson had also given a country-wide breakdown of the operations undertaken as part of Operation Raddul Fasaad, launched in February this year, stating that the security situation of the country has improved as a result.
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