Pakistan will not bow down to BLA at any cost, Defense Minister said on train hijack

The Pakistani government has made a big claim regarding the Jaffar Express train going from Quetta to Peshawar in Balochistan that all the hostages have been rescued from the clutches of BLA. It also claimed to have killed 33 Baloch fighters. Now the Defense Minister of Pakistan has given a blunt warning to the Baloch fighters.

Will not bow down to BLA at any cost

Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said that the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) can never bow down to Pakistan. He said during an interview that Pakistan is not going to bow down at any cost. We will not let anyone take our people hostage. We would not want anyone to take our people hostage and then dictate to us in return.

Tomorrow they will kidnap more people and in return demand the release of terrorists. This is not acceptable.

What did Pakistan say about the rescue operation?

The Pakistani army claims that the operation to rescue the passengers held hostage after the train hijacking in Balochistan has been completed. During this, all the rebels of BLA have been killed.

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Pakistan's Information and Broadcasting Minister Atta Tarar said that there were a total of 440 passengers in the Jaffar Express train, including a large number of military personnel. 21 people were killed by the rebels while trying to hijack the train. Later, during the operation, all the passengers were rescued.

Rebels of BLA have been killed- Pakistan army claims

However, BLA has denied this statement of the army. They say that about 150 people are still in their custody. BLA warned the Shahbaz government of Pakistan and said that more than 24 hours have passed since the hijacking and now the Pakistani army has 18 hours left to fulfill our demand.

Summary

Earlier, Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, while reacting to the Jaffar Express case, condemned the hijacking and termed it a terrorist incident. The Pak PM had said that I have spoken to Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti, who informed me about the latest developments in the heinous terrorist attack on Jaffar Express.

The whole country is deeply shocked by this cowardly act and is saddened by the loss of innocent lives. Such cowardly acts will not deter Pakistan's resolve for peace

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