Quetta_A series of bombings rattled Balochistan on Sunday,

Five Pak Army soldiers embraced martyred in an IED blast during a clearance operation in the Kahan area of Balochistan, the military media wing said.

The ISPR said a team was busy with a clearance operation based on credible intelligence when the tragedy took place in Kahan, martyring five lawmen including a captain.

The martyred are Captain Fahad, Lance Naik Imtiaz, Sepoy Asghar, Sepoy Mehran, and Sepoy Shamoon, it said.

More than a dozen persons sustained injuries in separate terror strikes across the minerals-riched province of the country.

Four persons including two women were injured in a hand grenade near the police station at Sabzal Raod in Quetta. The injured are identified as Qayyum, Zubair Ahmed, Kainat, and Bibi Hawa.

Unidentified men threw a grenade at a police checkpost in Satellite Town of the provincial capital, injuring eight persons including three officials.

Three people sustained injuries in an explosion in the Hub industrial city of Balochistan. According to the initial report, the explosion occurred in front of the Saddar police station, leaving three people injured.

Later, hand grenade attacks were reported in Khuzdar,  Turbat and Kalat towns of the province.

CONDEMNATIONS

President Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the blasts. They paid tributes to the martyrs and prayed for the departed souls.

In his statement, the president heaped praise on security forces for their sacrifices in the fight against terrorism. PM Shehbaz paid homage to the fallen heroes and stressed such strikes cant shatter the country’s peace resolve.

Federal Interior Minister Rana Sana, FM Bilawal Bhutto, former president Asif Ali Zardari, Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani, Balochistan CM Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo and other key figures condemned the terror strikes. They reiterated their anti-terrorism resolve. They prayed for the early recovery of the injured.