What happened: Usman Buzdar, Punjab Chief Minister, revealed in a press conference that a “hostile intelligence agency” was involved in the blast in Lahore’s Johar Town last week. The blast killed three people and injured 24 others. Details : Chief Minister, addressing a press conference in Lahore, said terrorists involved in the blast were arrested in raids that took place in the last four days. “The Punjab government established an investigation team. I am satisfied to tell you that the investigation was started by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) and the suspects were identified within 16 hours. In four days, the terrorists were arrested in raids in the country.”
He thanked all the law enforcement agencies (LEAs) for their efforts that led to the “big success” of arresting the terrorists. Earlier Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Inam Ghani presented the details of the investigations. He said that the police went beyond identifying the car used in the blast and within a few hours, the police had reached the people who owned the car and gained information about how they had gotten it. Responding to a question about the suspect, the IGP said he was originally from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa yet he was born and raised in Punjab. When asked which country the hostile intelligence agency was from and whether its agents were operating in Pakistan, he replied that it would “not be appropriate” to mention them. “These hostile agencies cannot come inside Pakistan because of how our agencies and immigrations [department] are working. They find agents in Middle East countries. So, no person of an external agency comes and carries out [attacks] himself,” he added. Click here to see more from Propergaanda.