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Army Chief orders special combing operations in Pakistan

| | Aug 09, 2016, at 01:22 am
Quetta, Aug 8 (IBNS): With a blast hitting a hospital in Pakistan and killing more than 60 people, country's Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif ordered special combing operations across the nation.

harif arrived in Quetta on Monday and visited the Balochistan High Court and Civil Hospital, said a statement issued by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR).

He will also chair high-level security conference with the civilian and military leadership.

"Spec combing Ops ordered. Int  agencies to go anywhere in the country to target anyone linked with these terror acts -6," read an ISPR statement.

A powerful blast hit Quetta’s Civil Hospital on Monday which left at least 64 people killed and making country's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemn the attack.

The blast has left 40 others injured.

The blast occurred at a time when Balochistan Bar Association President Bilal Kasi's body was brought to the hospital.

He was earlier in the day shot by attackers.

Police was quoted as saying by Geo News that unknown men opened fire after the blast.

According to reports, the blast occurred close to the emergency department of the hospital.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.

Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif condemned the attack.

"No one will be allowed to disrupt the peace of the province," he was quoted as saying by Geo News.

Image: ISPR

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