ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has said that three accused involved in Friday’s despicable incident in Peshawar mosque have been identified.

 

In a video message on Saturday, he commended the efforts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police and the investigation agencies in this regard. He said the police will nab these accused in a matter of one or two days. He also clarified that his ministry has not received any request from Nawaz Sharif for passport.

 

Commenting on the current political situation, Sheikh Rashid said the opposition parties have faced defeat in the Assembly in the past and they will again face defeat if they moved the no-confidence motion. He said Prime Minister Imran Khan will complete his five years tenure. He, however, regretted that some elements are trying to fan anarchy when the country is moving ahead.

 

Meanwhile, according to reports quoting a spokesperson for the Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar, the death toll from the attack on a Shia mosque in Peshawar’s Koocha Risaldar area on Friday has risen to 62 after five of the injured succumbed to their wounds. As many as 57 people lost their lives and 194 others were injured when a suicide attacker detonated himself inside the mosque on Friday.