[DAWN] IN a prescient statement to the UN Security Council on Feb 13, Pakistain’s permanent representative, after describing the actions taken to restrain terrorism in Pakistain, asserted: "What Pakistain continues to face today are externally supported terrorists." As if on cue, successive terrorist attacks occurred in Lahore, Beautiful Downtown Peshawar...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
and Sehwan over the next three days.
Immediately after the atrocity at the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan, the ISPR front man said: "Recent terrorist acts are being executed on directions from hostile powers and from sanctuaries in Afghanistan. We shall defend and respond." The army chief himself declared: "Each drop of the nation’s blood shall be Dire Revenged ... immediately. No more restraint for anyone."