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Gen Raheel denies joint action with police

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif has ordered intelligence based operation in Punjab in the aftermath of terrorism in Gulshan e Iqbal Town Park, Lahore.

Army chief also cleared that these operation will solely be conducted by intelligence agencies and Punjab police’s assistance will not be required.

The overnight operations, which the army chief is personally monitoring, were conducted by army units, paramilitary Rangers, the Inter Services Intelligence and Military Intelligence personnel.

Hours after the blast in Lahore which had left 72 people dead and 370 injured, Gen Raheel had chaired a high-level meeting in Rawalpindi with chiefs of ISI and MI in attendance.

During the meeting the army chief had ordered crackdowns against militants with the focus on finding linkages and perpetrators of the attack.

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