The law enforcement agencies have carried out an intelligence based operation in Kurram Agency, tracking down and eliminating a terrorist wanted in the martyrdom of a decorated senior intelligence officer and his comrade. Two Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) officials — Director Naveed Sadiq Sial and Inspector Nasir Abbas — were martyred in a gun attack on Jan 3 at a roadside restaurant in Pirowal area of Khanewal. But the country's intelligence agencies utilised the latest counter-terrorism technology day and night to track the wanted terrorist, sources said, nabbing and eliminating him before his possible departure to Afghanistan. “The terrorists started firing at the police team when they approached them. However, both the terrorists blew themselves up after they found no way to escape,” the spokesperson added.


Source:   The Express Tribune
January 31, 2023 04:53 UTC