KP caretaker CM formed JIT to probe suicide attack in Peshawar and by-polls will be held in time

Peshawar: (Staff Reporter) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker Chief Minister Azam Khan formed the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe the suicide attack in mosque at Police Lines in Peshawar. He said the by-polls would be held in time despite the rise in terrorism tide in the province.

According to the source, the announcement was made at a joint press conference by the chief minister and KP Inspector General of Police (IGP) Moazzam Jah Ansari a day after the brazen attack at a mosque in the Peshawar Police Lines one of the fortified zones in the provincial capital. The chief minister confirmed that 95 people had lost their lives, adding that a compensation package was being prepared for the victims of the terrorist attack. He also assured full support to the police chief, adding that the incident was “shocking for all of us”.

As per details in a reply to a question over elections, CM Khan said the recent terror attack had nothing to do with polls, adding that terror incidents were taking place much before the announcement of elections.  “My message to the people is to keep their spirits high. Such things are happening here for the last 40 years; this is not a new thing,” said Mr Khan.

Furthermore speaking on the occasion, the IGP said the JIT would be led by a DIG and it would include officials of other security agencies as well. He vowed that all preparatory involved in the attack would be taken to the task.