- Pakistan requires special attention to “targeting children from India”.
- The use of terrorism as a foreign policy must be confronted: PM.
- Asif says that Pakistan soon presents evidence of the involvement of India.
Hours after the explosion that killed five, including three children in Khuzdar, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Marshal Asim Munnir expressed the resolution that time has come for Pakistan to show an unwavering national resolution, similar to that demonstrated against Indian aggression, in order to eliminate terrorism sponsored by foreigners and to fight.
“Pakistan security forces and law enforcement will tirelessly continue all the persons involved in this barbaric act,” the Prime Minister said in the official declaration during his day visit to Quetta to review the situation of the law and the order after the terrorist attack.
A powerful explosion near zero point in the Khuzdar of Balutchistan has targeted a school bus, Martyring five, including three students, and injuring dozens of others, attracting convictions from across the country as well as the international community.
Terrorists targeted the school bus while heading for the Education Institute with more than 40 students aboard the Balutchistan district, which is among the worst provinces affected by terrorism.
Head Minister Sarfaraz Bugti told journalists that the five martyrs, including three children, the bus driver and his assistant, while the injured in a critical manner were transported by Air to the combined military hospital (CMH) Quetta. The Khuzdar sub-commissioner said more than 30 people were injured in the explosion.
In addition, fourteen people injured in the terrorist attack were transferred to MHH Quetta. Among them, a woman, a man and twelve children. The CMH administration said that some of the injured are in critical condition.
The government said that militants supported by the Indians had led the attack, coming almost two weeks after the two parties settled a cease-fire to end their most serious conflict in decades.
After the attack, the Prime Minister left for Quetta to meet the injured children and the other victims of this horrible attack. He was accompanied by the chief of staff of the army, Marshal Asim Munnir, the Minister of Defense Khawaja Asif, the Minister of the Interior Mohin Naqvi and the Minister of Information Attaullah Tarar.
Chief Minister Balutchistan and Commander Quetta Corps informed visitors of the vile incident who led to the martyrdom of three innocent children and two soldiers as well as 53 injured, including 39 innocent children, 8 of whom are essential.
According to a press release published by the Prime Minister’s office (PMO), the school bus carrying innocent children has been targeted by “agents sponsored by the Indians [Fitna Al Hindustan] that the world has greatly known as an epicenter of instability in the region “.
“The rest of the raw incapacity to intimidate Pakistan by manifest military means, vile terrorist incidents are orchestrated through their attorney on an intensified scale in Balutchistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, deliberately targeting civilians in a futile attempt to destabilize Pakistan,” he said deliberately.
Visitors who see children seriously injured and seriously injured expressed that such an evil act of terrorism through these Indian sponsored proxys is a “shameful and despicable act,” he said.
These terrorist groups – disguised under ethnic pretexts – are not only exploited by India as instruments of state policy, but are also like a stain on the honor and values of the Baloutche and Pachtoune people, which has long rejected violence and extremism, added the declaration.
“India’s dependence on such a morally indefensible tactic, in particular the deliberate targeting of children, requires urgent attention to the international community. The use of terrorism as a foreign policy must be convicted and faced unequivocally, “said the declaration.
The Pakistan security forces and the law enforcement will relentlessly continue all the persons involved in this barbaric act.
“The architects, accomplices and catalysts of this crime will be held responsible and brought to justice and the truth about the cunning role of India, a true author of terrorism but pretended as a victim, is exposed to the world,” he concluded.
Separately, the Minister of Defense Khawaja Asif – while speaking on PK Press Club News Program ‘AAJ Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath’ castigated India for having used “proxy groups to fuel violence in Pakistan”.
He said that Indian sponsored terrorist outfits such as the Balutchistan (Bla) and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Liberation Army to make blood effects in the country.
The Minister also said that Pakistan would soon be proof to support its affirmations concerning the involvement of India in terrorism. “We are going to prove what we say about the Khuzdar incident,” he added.
Growing terrorism
Earlier, The news The quotation of information sources has indicated that Wing (RAW) of the research and analysis of India has activated its proxies in Balutchistan to fuel violence and terrorism.
Following the failure of a previous false flag operation in Pahalgam, RAW will use groups like the Liberation Army Baloch (Bla) and Fitna-Ul-Khawarij, as well as illegal Afghan nationals, to carry out attacks in Gwadar, Quetta and Khuzdar.
Pakistan has witnessed the increase in terrorist incidents since Taliban leaders returned to Afghanistan in 2021, especially in the bordering provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baloutchistan.
However, the first quarter of 2025 saw promising trends in the Pakistan security landscape, the deaths of activists and insurgents exceeding the cumulative losses of civilians and security forces.
Its main conclusions, published by the Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) revealed in particular fewer fatal losses among civilians and security forces compared to the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2024 and a reduction of almost 13% of global violence, the news reported.
Despite progress, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balutchistan remain epicentres of violence, representing 98% of all deaths, attacks pushing more daring and evolving militant tactics, including the unprecedented diversion of Jaffar Express.
The projections warn against more than 3,600 deaths by the end of the year if the current trends persist, potentially making 2025 one of the deadliest years in Pakistan.
Individually, Balutchistan underwent 35% of all deaths during the period during examination, and compared to the last quarter, it recorded an alarming increase in violence by 15%. The comparison does not take into account the overvoltage recorded in other provinces / regions because the number of deaths remains very low.
