No doubt India behind PSX attack: Imran Countrys intelligence apparatus is on high alert; Says Opposition is liberally corrupt.

Islamabad -- Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday that the Pakistan Stock Exchange attack in Karachi was perpetrated by India in order to destablise Pakistan.

The prime minister was addressing the National Assembly where he lauded the security forces for thwarting the attack which could have otherwise caused considerable destruction.

We have no doubt that India is involved in the attack' the prime minister told the lower House of the parliament in his speech. 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.

He praised a police sub-inspector and three security guards who lost their lives while thwarting the attack on the PSX 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. Our agencies preempted at least four major attempts of terrorism and two of them were around Islamabad. 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 budget 2020-21 being approved by the parliament on Monday.

There was a lot of speculation that a lot could happen ... if you had watched TV you would have thought it was our last day' he said referring to fears the budget would be unable to be passed.

I want to thank my government because Chief Whip Amir Dogar gave me full information [about] what we gained and what improvement we had. I also thank my minorities and the way they participated'...