Imran: Pak not haven for ultras 8 KILLED IN BALOCHISTAN SUICIDE BLAST
Islamabad, Feb. 17: There are no “safe havens” for terror groups in Pakistan “right now”, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday while admitting publicly that it was possibly not the case under previous regimes. Addressing an international conference marking 40 years of hosting Afghan refugees in the country, he said Pakistan seeks peace in Afghanistan and instability in the war-torn neighbouring country was not in its interest.
Khan’s assertion on terror safe havens came as the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global anti-money laundering watchdog, began a crucial meeting in Paris where Pakistan is trying to wriggle out of being blacklisted for not doing enough to combat terror financing. The US, India and Afghanistan have long accused Pakistan of providing safe havens to terror groups like the Taliban, the Haqqani network, the Lashkar-eTayyaba (LeT) and Jaishe-Mohammed. “I can tell you there are no safe havens here,” Khan said at the conference, also attended by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. “Whatever the situation might have been in the past, right now there is one thing we
Karachi, Feb. 17: A powerful suicide bombing at a religious rally in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province killed at least eight persons including three policemen and injured 23 on Monday, according to media reports. The bombing took place during the religious rally at the Quetta Press Club near Shahrah-i-Adalat road.
Several vehicles parked in the vicinity were also damaged due to the impact of the blast, Dawn newspaper reported. The attack came the same day UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who is in Pakistan, termed the improved security situation in Pakistan as “absolutely remarkable”.
want: peace in Afghanistan.”
Meanwhile, Guterres also termed the improved security situation in Pakistan as “absolutely remarkable”, Dawn News said. He said Pakistan which looked like a “fortress” a few years back had now become a family station for the world body’s staff.