Nawaz Sharif orders Nanga Parbat killers` arrest

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ordered arrest of those involved in the killings of 11 people on Nanga Parbat area in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday ordered arrest of those involved in the killings of 11 people on Nanga Parbat area in Gilgit-Baltistan, while observing that the attack posed the worst threat to national security. Sharif issued the order while presiding over the cabinet meet here, during which the country`s overall security situation was discussed with a special reference to the killings of nine foreign tourists and two Pakistanis and other terror attacks, Geo News reported. Apprising the cabinet about the Saturday night killings of tourists, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said the terrorists had conducted reconnaissance of the area and taken help of the guides to reach the tourist base camp. Meanwhile, the security forces rounded up over 37 suspected people and took them into custody during a search operation launched in villages following the tourists` killings.

The arrested were being interrogated at some unidentified place. Police, army and scouts were taking part in the search operation, said Ali Sher, deputy inspector general of Gilgit-Baltistan police. IANS