Pakistani PM says 'no question' that India was behind stock market attack
01 July, 2020
Pakistani Primary Minister Imran Khan told parliament on Tuesday (Jun 30) he previously no doubt that India was behind an attack on the stock market building on the southern city of Karachi.
Four gunmen armed with grenades attacked the Pakistan Stock Exchange on Mon, killing two guards and a policeman before protection forces killed the attackers.
"There is no hesitation that India is behind the assault," Khan said found in his address to parliament - a charge that India had denied a day earlier.
Khna offered no evidence for his allegation, but he said there have been intelligence reports caution of attacks found in Pakistan and he previously informed his cabinet about the threat.
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a separatist insurgent group from the southwestern province of Balochistan, claimed responsibility for the attack in a message on Twitter.
Khan said Pakistan's intelligence agencies had successfully preempted at least four major attacks in the united states, two which targeted Islamabad - but he said it had been not possible to avoid all such attacks.
The gunmen carried much way to obtain arms and equipment and security officials believe they planned to storm the stock market building and take hostages.
Khan termed their failure to do so and the rapid response by security forces, as a "big victory".
Separatists have already been fighting for a long time in Balochistan, complaining it has the mineral wealth is unfairly exploited by Pakistan's richer, better provinces.
Pakistan has regularly blamed India for helping Baloch separatists - a charge Delhi has repeatedly constantly denied.
The BLA also took responsibility for an attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi in 2018.
Several projects associated with China's Belt and Road initiative are on Balochistan.
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