Tattoos form of identification among terrorists: Mian Iftikhar

PESHAWAR: Provincial Information Minister for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mian Iftikhar said the terrorists were aiming to take over the Air Base and then the surrounding area, Geo News reported.

Speaking to the media he further added, that tattoos are a form of identification amongst terrorist organizations. He was referring to the Skull and Horn tattoo on the back of one of the terrorists killed during the attack.

Mian Iftikhar said that the security agencies timely and actively responded and not only halted the terrorists before reaching their targets but also killed all of them.

Lauding the efforts of security agencies infighting the terrorist, he said that due to the timely efforts of the agencies a number of terrorist activities have been prevented during the last few months.

He said that terrorists are only terrorists neither they are Muslims nor Pakistani, they donot deserve to be named as human being and they are pursuing their evil agenda of barbarism. They target public places and kill innocent people in order to frighten the masses, he added.

Responding to a question, the Provincial Minister said that terrorist activities will not come to an end until and unless the terrorist elements existed, and in order to restore peace in the region all the three countries USA, Pakistan and Afghanistan should be united either to talk to the terrorist elements or fight a decisive war against them.

Later on, the Provincial Minister visited the Hayatabad Medical Complex to enquire about the health of the injured people admitted in the hospital.

He directed the authorities of the hospital to provide all possible medical treatment to the victims. He expressed his feelings of sympathy with the bereaved families of the bomb blast victims and prayed to Almighty Allah to rest the departed souls in eternal peace.