ISLAMABAD, MAY 23: Interior Secretary Captain (retd) Khurram Muhammad Agha on Thursday said Pakistan’s response to the recent Fitna al-Hindustan attack in Khuzdar would be “decisive”, warning that the perpetrators would not succeed in their objectives.
Addressing a joint press conference alongside Director General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, the interior secretary condemned the tragic terrorist incident and said the government stands in full solidarity with the affected families.
Captain (retd) Agha said that initial investigations point to the involvement of Fitna al-Hind in the attack, terming it a continuation of India’s subversive strategy in the region.
He stressed that the attack on Khuzdar was not just an act of terrorism, but a direct assault on Pakistan’s traditions and educational values.
The top official revealed that schoolchildren were deliberately targeted in the incident and accused Fitna al-Hindustan of attempting to destabilise regional peace through such violent acts.
The interior secretary said that the Ministry of Interior, in collaboration with the provincial government and other institutions, is reviewing every aspect of the attack.
He further stated that following the failure of Operation Sindoor, India instructed its proxies to carry out attacks in Balochistan.
Captain (retd) Agha added that the Pakistani state has the capability to eliminate those involved and asserted that after failing to strike hard targets, these elements have now turned to soft targets.
Reaffirming the state’s resolve, he concluded: “Our response will be decisive. They will not succeed.”
For his part, DG ISPR Lt Chaudhry said that Pakistan had provided evidence of Indian-sponsored terrorism to the United Nations in 2015, and again in 2019.
He added that in 2009, the Government of Pakistan had also presented similar evidence to the Indian Prime Minister in Sharm El Sheikh, a city in Egypt.
He said that India had been involved in state-sponsored terrorism for the past 20 years, and this record was now being placed before the public. Lt Gen Chaudhry reminded the world that Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav was arrested from Pakistan, while several captured terrorists had confessed to receiving support from India.
Lt Gen Chaudhry said that India wanted to sabotage regional peace, and the attack on May 21 was carried out by Fitna al-Hindustan on direct orders from India.
He termed this as the “terrorist and brutal face of India” and clarified that these attacks had nothing to do with Baloch or Pakistani identity.
He said that on April 12, 2024, 12 labourers were martyred in Nushki. On April 28, two labourers were killed in Tump Kech. On February 14, 10 people lost their lives in an IED blast in Harnai.
Innocent civilians and off-duty security personnel were martyred in the Jaffer Express attack, while three innocent barbers were martyred in Lasbela on May 9, he mentioned.
Six children were martyred in the Khuzdar attack on May 21, and 51 children were still fighting for their lives, he added.
He said that terrorists, acting on Indian instructions, were now targeting women and children. However, the resilience of the people of Balochistan could not be broken. Videos of the families of those martyred in Balochistan were shown during the press conference.
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