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Network of militants behind attack on Musharraf identified
Islamabad, Dec 27: Pakistani investigators probing the suicide bomb attack on President Pervez Musharraf have identified the militant network behind it and are on the verge of making a breakthrough in the case, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said today.
Islamabad, Dec 27: Pakistani investigators probing the suicide bomb attack
on President Pervez Musharraf have identified the militant network behind it and are on the verge of making a breakthrough in the case, Information
Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said today.
"The security agencies have identified the militant
network behind the attack and were on the verge of breaking
its back," Ahmad said. He further said that the network was `mixture' of local and
foreign militants and the police had gone far deep into
establishing the identity as well as busting the network and
were on the verge of achieving a major breakthrough.
"The law enforcement agencies have found an important
lead following the identification of the suicide
attackers," Pakistan Interior Minister, Faisal Saleh Heyat,
had said yesterday. "The head of one of the attackers was
found undamaged, as a result of which he has been identified."
Hayat said the recent attempts on Musharraf's life were not aimed at
sabotaging peace initiative taken by Pakistan with India or
the SAARC summit scheduled in Islamabad from january 4, 2004.
He said the attacks were in reaction to Musharraf's
pragmatic stand on war against terrorism.
"Those who wanted to impose their own ideology in the
country are obviously unhappy with the government's policies,"
Heyat said.
Bureau Report