Nawaz, army chief attend high-level security meeting in Quetta

Author: Web Desk

QUETTA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Army Chief General Raheel Sharif attended a high-level meeting in Quetta.

At least 60 security personnel were killed and 165 others were injured by the militants wearing suicide vests when they stormed a police academy. Three terrorists entered the New Sariab Police Training College – some 13 kilometres away from Quetta city– and headed straight for the hostels where police recruits were sleeping.

Balochistan Chief Minister Sanaullah Zehri announced a three-day mourning period in the province to mourn those who lost their lives in the attack.

The prime minister, the army chief, Commander Southern Command Lieutenant General Aamir Riaz, National Security Adviser Lieutenant General (r) Nasser Janjua and Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar visited Civil Hospital to meet those injured in the attack.

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