As a result of the operations and solid planning measures taken to control the menace of terrorism, terrorist activities have stopped to a large extent, but their hideouts still exist in various areas, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Our security forces are carrying out operations without caring for their lives to eliminate terrorists from these areas.  Recently, 3 separate operations were conducted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to trace their hideouts, in which a total of 23 militants were arrested.7 soldiers including a Captain, Naik, Lance Naik were martyred.  A large number of arms, ammunition and explosives were also recovered in these operations.  The terrorists who were killed were involved in attacks on security and civilians. 

The security forces targeted the hideouts of the terrorists in Tank district and Khyber district in Urajbagh, in which a total of 17 terrorists were killed and many of their hideouts were destroyed.  On Sunday, 6 terrorists were killed in clashes in Hassan Khel area of Peshawar.  The killing of such a large number of terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a great achievement.  Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif paid tribute to the Pakistan Army for the successful operation and paid homage to the martyrs, saying that the entire nation stands by the side of the army in the war against terrorists.  Army Chief General Asim Munir attended the funeral prayers of the martyrs and visited the injured. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said that the sacrifices of martyrs will always be remembered.  It is obvious to all that it is difficult in the war against terrorists because the enemy himself is present in our ranks, which must be destroyed at all costs. Moreoever, the terrorists are funded by Indian Raw. When a group commits terrorism in a country, it is not alone. It has full planning, capital, technical training and logistics behind it.  The series of heinous acts by subversives in Pakistan with the support of India is very old. Anti-national forces are determined to make a dent in Pakistan-China relations.  The sad fact is that despite Pakistan's centuries-old fraternal relations with Afghanistan, the fabric of suicide attacks and terrorist incidents here meets the Afghan soil and the outlawed TTP is their spearhead.  The attack on the Chinese engineers in Bisham was actually an attack on Pak-China friendship which was all planned in Afghanistan on the orders of the outlawed TTP leadership which has all the evidence.  The Joint Investigation Team worked hard to trace the attack. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, while giving details in a press conference along with the head of Necta, said that the vehicle used in this attack was manufactured in Afghanistan.  The transport was also done from Afghanistan and the suicide bomber was also trained from Afghanistan.

Huge money was collected from our counter-intelligence agencies for the attack.  The government of Pakistan is of the view that the central leadership of TTP is currently in Afghanistan.  The interior minister has once again demanded that the Afghan government hand him over to us. Terrorists are taking advantage of the weaknesses of the Afghan interim government.  Terrorists like the outlawed TTP are being facilitated in the border areas. Illegal Afghan nationals must go back. Earlier, Pakistan has demanded the Afghan government to eliminate the safe havens of TTP and hand over its leadership to Pakistan, which has not yet been given a positive response.  The series of nefarious acts by subversives with the backing of India to spread political instability, chaos, and fear in Pakistan is very old.  The explosions, suicide attacks and other acts of terrorism in the country should be seen as an expression of anti-Pakistan intentions.  It is important to understand that a group is not alone in carrying out acts of sabotage, terrorism, disruption of peace or harassment in a country.  It takes a lot of planning, capital, technical training, logistics and much more behind it.  After the death of 5 Chinese engineers working on the Dasu Hydro Project, the suicide attack on a Japanese car in Karachi and the rise in terrorist incidents, this fact comes out clearly.  Terrorist elements continue to target our national projects in a determined manner. 

Pakistan and Iran have come closer to each other, Middle Eastern countries including Saudi Arabia and China have established a relationship of trust. In this context, terrorist attacks are actually nefarious attempts to divert Pakistan's attention, disrupt international relations, and prevent foreign investment by giving the impression of a disturbed state of law and order.  In the current situation, the new series of terrorism is very alarming, and to stop it immediately, all of us, including the security agencies, have to fulfill our responsibilities. Of course, it is the need of the hour for Pakistan's soldiers to be on the alert all the time against an insidious enemy like India, because India has a policy of keeping the market of terror hot here by entering its terrorists into Pakistan from the borders of Afghanistan and Iran as well.  In this regard, every government in Kabul, including the Taliban, participated in Indian conspiracies to weaken Pakistan's security and practically handed over the Afghan territory to Indian "RAW" to train terrorists. Similarly, India spread a network of espionage and terrorism under the leadership of the serving officer of the Indian Navy, Kulbhushan Yadav, to enter its terrorists into Pakistan from the border of Iran, which Kulbhushan himself admitted in his statement, while on the Pakistan side, 2 dossiers with documentary evidence about this Indian espionage network were prepared and sent to the United Nations Secretariat, the American Foreign Office and all world leaders, so Indian terrorist intentions are not hidden from the United Nations at all.  Through its conspiracies, India makes heinous conspiracies to spread mistrust among Pakistan's neighboring countries, China and Iran, for which it uses its terrorist network.  In recent days, by using the banned TTP, India carried out terrorist attacks on Pakistan's security forces and also carried out a suicide attack on the convoy of Chinese engineers working at the under-construction Dasu Power Plant through TTP and also on Japanese nationals in Karachi.  Its sole purpose was to create cracks in Pakistan-China relations and also in Pak-China trade endevours.

  In the same way, India continues to conspire to blame Pakistan for terrorist incidents in Iran and its aim is to create misunderstandings between Pakistan and Iran.