- Raja Javed Ali Bhatti
Chinese Consulate in Karachi came under terrorist attack on the morning of 23 Nov 2018. The attackers’ evil designs failed to materialize and operation culminated in half an hour or so. Two security forces personnel embraced shahadat. About 21 staff members in the Consulate were safe and secure. The courageous security forces of Pakistan have prevented a terrorist act one more time, like the past.
One has to evoke as to who could be the prime beneficiary of such an action against the Chinese in Pakistan especially in the backdrop of PM Khan’s successful visit to China. Karachi, reportedly has number of sleeping cells being operated by RAW, NDS and even CIA. Pakistan and China should remain focused on their economic goals and remain steadfast to meet similar future challenges. The clearance operation was initially led by a female Police Officer ASP Suhai Talpur, this indicates that “Our girls and women folks are on the forefront to defeat evil designs of RAW-NDS nexus”.
As the investigation into Friday’s attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi made headway on Saturday, police officials suspected Harbiyar Marri, the exiled leader of the banned Balochistan Liberation (BLA), of being the mastermind of the deadly assault that left two policemen and two civilians martyred
Police officials say the attack, carried out with the assistance of Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), was an attempt to strike against the growing diplomatic and economic relations between China and Pakistan.
In a case registered by the Sindh police’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) against Marri and 12 of his aides, including BLA commander Aslam ‘Acchu’ alias Miraq Baloch, investigators said their initial findings had shown that the attack was “a failed and shameful attempt to harm the Pakistan-China relationship”.
According to the first information report (FIR) registered by CTD police on behalf of the state through Boat Basin Station House Officer under charges of murder and terrorism, etc., “BLA accepted the responsibility for the attack and identified three slain militants along with their pictures as Azal Khan Baloch, Razik Baloch and Rais Baloch.”
The 13 masterminds and facilitators of the attack as listed in the FIR include Harbiyar Marri, Aslam alias ‘Acchu’, Bashir Zeb, Noor Bux Mengal, Karim Marri, Capt Rehman Gul, Nisar, Gaindi, Sheikhu, Sharif, Hamal, Munshi and Agha Sherdil.
According to the FIR, the militants involved in the attack remained in continuous touch with the said persons during the assault.
Apart from explosive material, arms and ammunition, a BLA flag was also recovered from the possession of the three killed militants.
CTD investigators on Saturday revisited the crime scene at the Chinese consulate.
Raja Umar Khattab, a CTD officer who is supervising the probe that the purpose of the visit was to assess as to how the attackers reached the consulate, who put up resistance and why several vehicles were burnt or damaged.
Khattab said after ASI Ashraf Dawood and constable Mohammed Amir were martyred at the first check-post by the attackers, all security personnel posted at the foreign mission became alert.
One police constable identified as Akram took position and opened fire on the militants, as a result of which one of the attackers sustained a critical bullet wound on his abdomen. The militant then took shelter at a wall of a nearby bungalow where he died due to excessive bleeding.
Two of his accomplices resorted to heavy firing and threw hand grenades as they managed to enter the reception room of the visa facility, where at least nine people, including a woman, were present. The woman immediately shut the door of the visa section and went inside while a guard locked the main armoured gate.
In an attempt to break open the armoured gate, the militants resorted to heavy firing, leaving two visa applicants Niaz Muhammad, 55, and his son, Zahir Shah, 25, martyred They also tried to open the armoured gate with help of C-4 explosives but did not succeed, the CTD official said. The two militants were then gunned down by security personnel.
The heavy firing and hand grenades thrown by the two attackers, ostensibly in a state of panic, damaged two police vehicles, one armoured personnel carrier (APC) and six other cars parked outside the consulate. Three of the cars caught fire due to the grenade blasts.
Officer Khattab told “some arrests” have also been made in the case but that it would not be appropriate to share details with the media at the moment.
He said one slain militant, Razik, had been identified through fingerprints
Not only India, all the anti-Pakistan powers are well aware that Pak army has made it difficult for terrorists to work on their plan by operations against terrorists in Balochistan province, Karachi, and other tribal areas. Construction of metal wall in FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas), erection of the fence in Balochistan, digging to trench over the Afghanistan border, we have succeeded in stopping infiltration of terrorists from Afghanistan. But we cannot ignore the threats of Indian Prime Minister in 2016, to stop CPEC at any cost. The arrest of Indian state terrorist Kulbhushan Yadav working in Balochistan, the information gathered from him about the Indian terrorists working in Pakistan for RAW and many of them have been arrested but there are still such elements in Pakistan who can be used by RAW against Pakistan. India has established a special cell RAW against CPEC with the budget of 500 million dollars. The murder of innocent people, suicide bomb blasts, blasting up gas pipelines, sabotaging railroads, murdering pilgrims etc. all were being done by the Indian terrorists under the garb of Baloch Separatists. If they were really fighting for the rights of the Baloch people then they had first of all held Baloch tribal chiefs accountable.
ists under the garb of Baloch Separatists. If they were really fighting for the rights of the Baloch people then they had first of all held Baloch tribal chiefs accountable.
