QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti said on Monday that intelligence agencies had foiled a planned suicide attack in Islamabad, preventing what he described as a major tragedy.
Speaking at a press conference in Quetta alongside a detained woman, Bugti said the suspect had allegedly been assigned to carry out a suicide bombing in the capital.
He said security and intelligence agencies acted in time to recover the woman and disrupt the planned attack before it could be executed.
Bugti said militant groups were exploiting vulnerable women and girls for violent activities, adding that such practices had no place in Baloch cultural traditions.
“The government wants to provide girls with education and a secure future, while terrorists are forcing them toward violence by using suicide jackets,” he said.
The chief minister said the woman was being handed over to her father “with dignity and respect.”
He alleged that the suspects behind the plot used blackmail and “honey trapping” tactics to coerce recruits. According to Bugti, the woman had been threatened that her father would be killed if she refused to carry out the attack.
During the press conference, the detained woman said her cousin forced her to work for the group and threatened to kill her father if she disobeyed.
She said she initially delivered mobile phone cards and food supplies before later learning that the activities were linked to a banned militant organisation.
The woman added that she had been mentally prepared for a suicide attack, but police treated her well after taking her into custody.
Bugti praised intelligence agencies for what he called a successful and timely operation, saying the intervention not only saved the woman but also prevented a potentially devastating attack in Islamabad.
