Four CRPF Personnel Injured in Pulwama Attack Discharged

Pakistan's Senate or upper house of the parliament on Monday unanimously passed a resolution condemning "threats" by India in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack, PTI reported.

The resolution - moved by Raja Zafar-ul-Haq of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz - appreciated the Imran Khan-led government's stance of offering assistance to India in investigations of the attack and to take action on actionable intelligence or evidence, Radio Pakistan reported.

Four out of the five CRPF personnel injured in the Pulwama attack on 14 February have been discharged.

One soldier is still undergoing treatment at 92 Base Hospital in Srinagar, ANI reported.

NIA investigators pieced together remnants of the vehicle – used by the suicide bomber in the Pulwama terror attack – from the scene of incident. They identified it with the support of forensic and automobile experts.

A Maruti Eeco vehicle with Chassis number MA3ERLF1SOO183735 Engine G12BN164140 was sold to Md Jaleel Ahmed Haqani, a resident of Heaven colony, Anantnag, in the year 2011.

It subsequently exchanged hands seven times and finally reached Sajjad Bhat, son of Md Maqbool Bhat, who is a resident of Anantnag's Bijbehara.

Sajjad, who had acquired the vehicle on 4 February 2019, was a student of Siraj-ul-Uloom in Shopain. A raid was conducted by an NIA team at his house with the help of J&K Police on 23 February. However, Sajjad was at his house and has been evading arrest since then. He has reportedly joined JeM. A photograph circulating on social media purportedly shows him holding weapons.

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday, 25 February, telephoned his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and briefed him about the regional situation in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 CRPF soldiers, PTI reported.

In a statement, Pakistan's Foreign Office said that State Councillor Wang thanked the foreign minister for the call and appreciated Pakistan's efforts.

"He agreed that the unfolding regional situation was serious with implications for peace and security of the entire region," it said.

The EU on Sunday, 24 February, asked Pakistan to take "clear and sustained" actions targeting not only all UN-listed transnational terrorist groups but also individuals claiming responsibility for attacks in the wake of the Pulwama terror strike, PTI reported.

Federica Mogherini, high representative of the EU for foreign affairs and security policy and vice president of the EU Commission, urged Pakistan and India to urgently "de-escalate" tensions between the two countries.

She spoke to Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and discussed the current situation, a delegation of the European Union (EU) said in a statement.