- The first attack in Balochistan targeted a procession near the Madina Masjid in Mastung.
- The fight against terrorists will go on as usual and pledged to confront the state and its security forces with all their power.
- Pakistan’s security services suffered their worst number of fatalities in eight years in the first nine months of 2023.
General Syed Asim Munir, the head of Pakistan’s army, has promised to end terrorism by conducting “unabated” military operations against militants in the wake of two suicide bombings that left 65 people dead.
While the second attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Hangu targeted a mosque inside a police station, the first attack in Balochistan targeted a procession near the Madina Masjid in Mastung to commemorate the birthday of Prophet Muhammad.
Threat Of Terrorism
While in Quetta to advise the army on recent terrorist assaults, the chief of army staff noted that heretics were committing these crimes with the “support of state sponsors of terrorism.”
Munir declared that the fight against terrorists will go on as usual and pledged to confront the state and its security forces with all their power, supported by a strong people.
The proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which has not yet claimed responsibility for the attack in Balochistan, denied any connection.
According to a report from a think tank, Pakistan’s security services suffered their worst number of fatalities in eight years in the first nine months of 2023, with at least 386 people dying.
According to the Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) research, violence countrywide increased alarmingly by 57% in the third quarter of 2023, with 36% of victims being security personnel. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan have the highest concentration of violence.
