Terrorists opened fireplace on the officers, who stopped at a restaurant for lunch on their method to the workplace in Multan, the police stated.
Lahore,UPDATED: Jan 3, 2023 23:07 IST
The terrorists managed to flee from the spot (Representational)
By Press Trust of India: Two officers of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) have been shot useless on Tuesday by unidentified gunmen in Khanewal district in Pakistan’s Punjab province, the police stated.
Two terrorists opened fireplace at Deputy Director Navid Sadiq and Inspector Nasir Abbas, who stopped at a restaurant for lunch in Khanewal, some 375 kilometres from Lahore, on their method to the workplace in Multan, a Punjab police assertion stated.
The two officers have been killed on the spot. The terrorists managed to flee on a motorbike, the assertion added.
Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has ordered the Inspector General of Police to watch an operation launched to arrest the terrorists.
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He additionally instructed the Punjab police to be on excessive alert to fight the contemporary wave of terrorism.
Terrorism in Pakistan has seen a pointy improve after the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), often known as the Pakistani Taliban, introduced the top of an indefinite ceasefire with the federal government in November final yr.
The militant group has issued orders to its fighters to hold out assaults throughout the nation.
Last month, Pakistan Army commandos killed 25 Taliban militants throughout an operation to free anti-terrorism cops who have been held hostage inside a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CTD compound in Bannu for 3 days.
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The National Security Committee (NSC) on Monday categorically requested Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers, with out immediately naming them, to disclaim protected haven to Pakistani terrorist teams on their soil and finish their patronage, whereas reiterating its intent to crush terrorist teams working contained in the nation with full pressure.
“Pakistan’s security is un-compromisable and the full writ of the state will be maintained on every inch of the country’s territory,” it stated.
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Jan 3, 2023
