Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lieutenant General Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry is holding a press conference in Rawalpindi on Thursday.
Today’s presser comes against the backdrop of increased terrorist attacks that have resulted in dozens of civilians and members of security forces and law enforcement agencies (LEAs) being martyred in recent weeks.
The DG ISPR, during his briefing at the General Headquarters, said that the security forces and law enforcement agencies (LEAs) carried out 32,173 IBOs against terrorists and their facilitators across the country in the first eight months of the ongoing year — of which 4,021 were carried out in the last one month.
Meanwhile, at least 90 Khawarij were sent to hell in the past 30 days in these IBOs, the military’s spokesperson added.
Underscoring the ongoing efforts against terrorism, Lt Gen Chaudhry said that around 130 IBOs are carried out on a daily basis by the Pakistan Army, intelligence agencies, police and LEAs.
Revealing the number of martyrs, who sacrificed their lives to defend the motherland in the last eight months, DG ISPR said that 193 officers and soldiers embraced martyrdom in the counter-terrorism operations.
Commenting on the recent unrest in Balochistan, the military’s spokesperson recalled the attacks carried out by militants on the night between August 25 and 26 in the province.
“We know that there is a sense of deprivation in Balochistan [….] The perpetrators of terrorism have nothing to do with Islam or Balochistan,” Lt Gen Chaudhry said.
Addressing the militants carrying out terrorist attacks in Balochistan along with those on whose behest they are being carried out, he gave a clear message that they will be dealt with iron hands.
