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Islamabad, Terrorists, demanding the release of their comrades in Pakistan’s jail, blocked a main road connecting the troubled province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with Gilgit-Baltistan, leaving a senior minister and several tourists mid-way. Trapped. This information was given in a media report on Saturday. In an ‘audio clip’ shared on social media on Friday, senior Gilgit-Baltistan minister Abdullah Baig can be purportedly heard saying that on his way to Gilgit from Islamabad, he found that the terrorists had jailed their comrades. The road has been blocked in order to put pressure on the authorities to get them released.
Dawn newspaper quoted sources as saying that accomplices of infamous Gilgit terrorist Habibur Rehman blocked the road at Thak village of Chilas in Diamer at 4 pm on Friday, leaving tourists on both sides stuck in the middle of the road. Sources said the terrorists have demanded the release of their accomplices, including those involved in the brutal killing of foreigners in the Nanga Parbat region and other terror incidents in Diemer. Sources said that political leaders and officials of the district are in talks with the terrorists, but there is no response from the police so far. Later, in an ‘audio clip’ of the Gilgit-Baltistan minister that surfaced on social media, a man was heard saying that talks are on with the commander and that he has two main demands.
“The first demand is the release of his accomplices from prison and the second demand is the implementation of Islamic law, which does not allow women to participate in sporting activities,” he said. It is noteworthy that on Friday, Pakistani lawmakers warned about the increasing terrorist activities of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), while an MP recently warned about the increasing threat of terrorist attacks by the banned organization by the Ministry of Home Affairs. Requested information regarding this.
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) MP Raza Rabbani told Senate Speaker Sadiq Sanjrani on an issue of public concern that he urged the Interior Minister to take Parliament and the public at large into confidence about the current status of peace talks with the TTP. Give instructions. The Home Ministry had recently cautioned about the stalling of talks with the TTP or the growing threat of terrorist attacks by its factions. “People have a right to know under what circumstances talks with the group took place and at what point it ended and what threats the country is facing,” he said.