India behind PSE attack: Imran Khan.

Islamabad -- Prime Minister Imran Khan while speaking in the National Assembly has said that Pakistan has no doubt that India was behind yesterday's attempted attack on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSE) in Karachi. "What happened in Mumbai, they wanted to do the same in Karachi; they wanted to spread uncertainty. We have no doubt this was done by India," the premier said.

The Prime Minister said our neighboring country has a major plan to destabilize Pakistan. He said our intelligence agencies were on high alert and it was because of their efforts that four of the terrorist attacks including two in the surroundings of Islamabad were preempted.

He praised a police sub-inspector and three security guards who lost their lives while thwarting the attack as the "heroes of Pakistan". "They gave sacrifices and thwarted a major incident, which was planned by India to destabilise us," he said, adding that the attackers had a lot of ammunition and they wanted to take hostages. "My cabinet and its ministers know that all our agencies were on high alert. "We were fully prepared this was a huge win for us," he said, paying tribute to the security agencies.

At the start of his speech, the prime minister thanked his team for their efforts which led to the...

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