Hostages released from GHQ Pindi

‘Six Pakistan Army soldiers were killed in terrorists attack at GHQ Pindi on Saturday, four terrorists were also killed in encounter with Pak Army men and two have managed to escape, security forces men are searching the area to arrest them Six terrorists riding a white van have opened fire on a first check post before General Headquarter of Pakistan Army and after killing four soldiers have reached near second check post where they were engaged in one hour long battle with security forces men, four terrorists were consequently killed and two among them have managed to escape,’ Pakistan radio news bulletin.
‘Three Pakistan Army officials were died and four militants were killed in early hours of Sunday morning, when Pak Army SSG commandos stormed the compound where 25 Pak Army officials and civilians were held hostages by militants, hostages are released after 18 hours siege of the compound in General Headquarters of Pakistan Army in Pindi. Now GHQ has been cleared from militants, on Saturday eight to ten militants wearing uniforms of Pakistan Army have attacked General Headquarters of Pakistan Army, and have killed four Pakistan Army officials including Brigadier Anwar and Lieutenant Colonel Waseem of Pakistan Army, four militants were killed in encounter with security personals, and other four militants have taken 25 civilian including few Army officials as hostages, one among the militants was suicide bomber guarding the hostages, he was killed skillfully before detonating his explosive vest. Prime Minister of Pakistan Syed Yousuf Raza Gailani has said that militants were carrying sophisticated weapons imported from Afghanistan; protest in this respect has been lodged with Afghan government,’ Pakistan radio news bulletin, Aljazeera news report, VOA Urdu service news report.

'TTP Punjab faction was involved in attack on GHQ,' ISPR


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