Pakistan Army on Thursday said it has killed over 3,500 militants and claimed that the entire country has been cleared of “organised presence” of terrorists.
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Lt-Gen Bajwa added that a total of 309 militants – from both its planning wing (Kutaiba Haris) and fighter wing (Kutaiba Mubashir), including its “mastermind” Hafiz Umar and top commander Ali Rehman had been held and the group had been contained.
Bajwa said that arrest of Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav was a major success as it led to further arrests.
Bajwa said the IS was operating in some parts of eastern Afghanistan.
He said that major terrorist attacks planned by IS acolytes on targets including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, foreign embassies, consulates and their staff, Islamabad airport, prominent public figures, mediapersons and law enforcement personnel, had been averted.
“The whole network was caught”, said Lt-Gen Bajwa.
While talking about the situation of the mega city, DG ISPR said that Karachi has now become a peaceful city.
The cost of this war tallied up to $106. Under this, 705 kilometers of roads in North and South Waziristan have been constructed to serve as new trade corridor between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
“There is no concept of good or bad Taliban”, he added. Later on when terrorists fled to Khyber, operations were started in Khyber agency, said Asim Bajwa.
DG ISPR further added that the network of terrorists in Khyber Agency has been dismantled.
He informed that 537 personnel embraced martyrdom, while 2272 others injured during Operation Zarb-e-Azb.
-IEDs and ammunition recovered from the possession of terrorists durinf Khyber Operations were enough to help them carry out terrorist activities every day for 21 years. Around 848 target killers were apprehended, 447 criminals killed and another 233 nabbed during the operation, he said.
He said 21,383 intelligence based operations (IBOs) were carried out in the country since beginning of the operation. ‘There are 18 crossing points existing between Pakistan and Afghanistan along two thousand 600 kilometers of common border, our target was to seal these areas to prevent the terrorists from moving up and down, ‘ he told reporters.
“Cross-border terrorism is a menace and to tackle this issue, organised border management, especially between Pakistan and Afghanistan is important”.
Moreover, Asim Saleem Bajwa said that an Infrastructure Development Plan has been prepared for terrorism affected areas.
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On being asked to comment on Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain’s recent hate speech, Bajwa said, “No Pakistani will accept anti-state talk by a person who is sitting in a foreign country”.
