PM Shehbaz inquires after injured in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: As the rescue operation at Peshawar Police Line’s mosque continues following a bomb blast, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday reached here to get a briefing as well as inquire after those injured in the terrorist incident.

During the visit, the prime minister would be briefed in detail on all aspects of the tragic incident.

He was accompanied by Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb and Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah.

Earlier, the prime minister, also the president of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, urged the party workers to donate blood to save lives of the injured people.

He said the people, students, and party workers with the O-Negative blood group should immediately reach the Lady Reading Hospital of Peshawar to play their part in saving human lives.

Meanwhile, Peshawar Commissioner Riaz Khan Mehsud urged the citizens of O- group to donate blood for the treatment of blood victims.

Talking to reporters, here, he said O- blood was required for critically injured victims following the appeal made by the Lady Reading Hospital’s spokesman.

He said at least 28 people, including policemen, were martyred and 150 wounded in the powerful explosion that ripped through inside the mosque of Malik Saad Shaheed police lines in red zone.

Meanwhile, Capital City Police Officer Peshawar Ejaz Khan, while talking to the media, said that it was too early to comment anything that how many policemen were still trapped under the mosque’s rubble.

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He said the focus was currently being made on the rescue operation.

“We cannot say with surety about the nature of the blast at the moment but there is a smell of explosives inside the mosque,” he feared, also not dismissing the possibility of a suicide attack.

The CCPO said usually 300 to 400 people including officials of the headquarters of Peshawar Police, Counter Terrorism Department, Frontier Reserve Police, Elite Force and Telecommunication Departments offer Zuhr prayer in the mosque.

On the other hand, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif strongly condemned the attack that took place in a mosque at Peshwar Police Lines, reiterating the national resolve and unity to eliminate terrorism from the country.