Fighting continues at FC camp in Balochistan after attack: ISPR

Two soldiers among four killed in ongoing operation to capture attackers

A group of terrorists attacked a security facility in Balochistan on Friday and an operation to capture the culprits was currently ongoing, the military's media wing reported.

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) revealed that a Frontier Corps (FC) Camp in Muslim Bagh area in Northern Balochistan was attacked In the early hours of Friday morning.

"Commander 12 Corps is supervising the security forces operations being conducted at Muslim Bagh area in Balochistan where the terrorists have been cornered into a building complex," the military sources said. adding that at least two of them have already been killed.

"The security forces continue to maintain pressure on the terrorists," the statement added, saying that a "heavy exchange of fire is underway.

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"In the process of clearance operation, two soldiers have embraced shahadat (martyrdom) while another three are injured."

Two weeks ago, seven terrorists were killed as security forces gallantly fought off three assaults within a short span of time in the night between April 28 and 29 in Lakki Marwat, the ISPR said.

Three soldiers were also martyred in fierce exchange of fire during the encounters with terrorists in Lakki Marwat town and the general area of Amir Kalam and Tajbi Khel.

During his maiden press conference, on April 25, as director general of the ISPR, Maj-Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry had revealed that a total of 8,269 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) had been conducted since January as a result of which 1,535 terrorists had been killed or apprehended.

Of these, 4,040 IBOs were conducted in Balochistan, another 3,591 in K-P, 119 in Punjab and 519 operations were conducted in Sindh. On average, over 70 IBOs were being conducted daily by the army, police and LEAs since January, he continued.