ISLAMABAD: Pakistan stated on Thursday it was creating new journey pointers for international diplomats to make sure their security following a current assault on a convoy of envoys from 12 nations in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
One policeman was killed and 4 wounded within the roadside bomb assault in Malam Jabba, a vacationer resort in Swat district, on Sept 22.Nobody has claimed accountability for the assault and the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had issued a press release saying the group had “nothing to do with the assault” focusing on the ambassadors of a dozen nations.
“We’re creating pointers to make sure that such incidents don’t occur once more,” international workplace spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch stated throughout her weekly media briefing in Islamabad.
“We’re within the strategy of discussions and inside deliberations on easy methods to implement these measures, easy methods to rectify what has occurred, and the way to sort things for the longer term,” she added.
The spokesperson stated the journey of international diplomats had been organised by Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Trade (ICCI) with out prior consent from the ministry. “We’ve got taken severe be aware of the lapses made by the involved people, together with their failure to tell the ministry of international affairs about organising such a go to,” she continued.
Pakistani forces keep a robust presence within the Swat Valley, lengthy a hotbed of Islamist militant insurgency. Militants have stepped up their assaults since late 2022 after breaking a ceasefire with the federal government.
