ISLAMABAD: Making an apparent reference to the recent rise in terrorism incidents and attacks on security forces, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said on Saturday that incidents that had taken place over the past week could further increase.
“I do not want to comment on the talks here. The Taliban have intervened but the incidents that occurred in the past week could increase. They could rise [further],” he said while addressing a ceremony held in Rawalpindi in relevance to Kashmir Day.
Rashid did not elaborate further on this comment, which was, apparently, also an allusion to the end of a month-long ceasefire between the government and proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in December last year.
The minister’s comment has come in the wake of attempted attacks by terrorists on security forces camps in Balochistan’s Panjgur and Naushki late on Wednesday evening.
