ATTACK ON CIVIL HOSPITAL, QUETTA (Aug 8, 2016) :

On August 8, 2016 a suicide bomber attacked the emergency ward of civil hospital Quetta. As a result of this attack a big loss of lives of the people tookplace, especially lawyers and media persons which were there at the fetal shooting of the president of bar council of Baluchistan. This attack killed almost 60 to 70 people which were present there. Tehreek-e-taliban Pakistan (TTP) took the responsibility of this attack with full confidence.

Chief Minister Sanaullah Zehri has blamed RAW for this attack. He said that Indian agencies are trying to destroy peace of Pakistan. He also said that some evidence have been found which proves that this attack has been caused by RAW.

Apart from blaming each other, many important lives have been lost in this incident. Senior camera man of DAWN news Mehmood khan was severely injured and then passed away. Another camera man Shehzad khan  of AAJ news have been killed in this attack. Apart from media persons, many journalists have been killed in this incident which were present there for the fatal shooting of the president of BAR association of Baluchistan.

According to POLICE, the suicide bomber was wrapped in 8 kilograms of explosives including ball bearings and other hitting material. They also said that the suicide bomber tried to enter the main wards but he blast himself at the emergency ward.

According to Director civil hospital, this attack was a security lapse which killed almost 70 people including lawyers and 92 persons are injured. They are admitted in different hospitals for treatment. Adding to this he said that many lawyers standing around also came under influence of this blast.

A doctor at the Civil Hospital had said he had personally counted the dead and confirmed that 52 bodies had been received at the institution. “We have referred over 35 injured to the Bolan Medical Complex and the Combined Military Hospital since we don’t have the space or facilities to treat them,” he said on condition of anonymity as he is not authorized to speak to media.

This suicide attack created a panic and fear among the residence of Quetta. Many shopping centers and malls remained closed after the blast. Bodies of injured and dead people were spread all over the area with flowing blood which came under the influence of blast. There were clouds of dust all over the site of blast. This all created a great panic among people.

After this blast General Raheel Shareef visited civil hospital for security inspection and for the enquiring about the injured persons. He said that “ the blood of martyred and injured will not go waste our country is fighting day and night against terrorists.”

Later on Prime Minister Nawaz Shareef also visited hospital to enquired about injured . He also presided over a meeting on security issues in Quetta along with General Raheel Shareef and many other senior civil and military officers. They took important decisions on security concerns and National actions plan. Prime minister said that national action plan is in progress and soon will be completed with great success. People should corporate with us, their lives will not go waste. 

   

After all this attack was a big incident, which took lives of many beloved ones. Middle east video strongly condemn this attack as it leads towards violence. Instead of fighting against each other we should stand and fight against these terrorists. We should eliminate them from our lives and don’t let them to come in our lives. We shouldn’t let them to take advantage our weakness because not a single person can stop them. In fact, a complete united nation can stop them from coming towards us.