A senior counter-terrorism expert believes that the nationalist group of Balochistan is behind the failed attack on the PSX in Karachi, while the Indian spy agency RAW (Research & Analysis Wing) masterminded the terrorist activity.
“Basically, RAW was the mastermind of both the Chinese consulate and PSX attacks,” Raja Umer Khattab told a local newspaper, The News. “Their aim was to damage Pakistan’s image in the world as well as hit the economy of our country.”
Khattab said that RAW orchestrated the entire thing: it planned, funded and ordered the PSX attack for the BLA to carry out.
“What did they [the BLA] lose in the attack? Only four of their members. But the attack put them in international news and damaged Pakistan’s image.”
Meanwhile, additional inspector general of Karachi Police, Ghulam Nabi Memon revealed Tuesday that terrorists that attempted to storm the Pakistan Stock Exchange had support within Karachi adding that it was not the work of a single organisation.
Memon, speaking to Geo News, said threats of an attack on the PSX were received earlier as well due to which security in the area had been beefed up.
“It seems that the mastermind of the Chinese consulate and Pakistan Stock Exchange attacks is the same,” said the AIG. He added that there were a lot of similarities between the two attacks, saying that a lot of sleeper cells had been activated in the port city.
Memon shared that at the time of the attack, the militants did not have any backup with them.
Security forces on Monday foiled an attempt made by four terrorists to storm the Pakistan Stock Exchange, the busiest building on Karachi’s II Chundrigar Road.
Police said all four terrorists who attacked the PSX building around 10am on Monday morning were killed by security personnel, with two security guards and a police sub-inspector embracing martyrdom.
