Security forces kill 74 militants in Balochistan and KP operations
ISPR says 31 were killed in Quetta's Kram area, where Express News reports operations began on 3 November, and 43 in Mir Ali and Orakzai in 48 hours.
Security forces killed 74 militants in intelligence-based operations in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the military's media wing said, describing the dead as Indian-sponsored members of the group it calls Fitna al-Khawarij.
The Inter-Services Public Relations statement said 31 of them were killed in the Kram area of Quetta. Express News reported that the intelligence-based operations in Kram have been under way since 3 November and that several clashes took place there. Arms, ammunition and explosives were recovered from the militants' positions, according to ISPR.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa the operations were extended to Mir Ali and Orakzai. ISPR said 35 militants were killed in Mir Ali and eight in Orakzai over the past 48 hours, 43 in all, which with the Quetta operation makes the announced toll 74.
The recoveries included improvised explosive devices and material for making them, along with a large quantity of weapons and ammunition, the statement said.
Clearance operations were continuing in the areas to deal with the remaining militants, Express News reported.
Aaj News quoted military officials as saying that intelligence-based operations of this kind would continue without interruption until terrorism is eliminated from the country.
Express News reported that ISPR tied the campaign to the National Action Plan strategy approved by the federal Apex Committee, known as Azeem-e-Istiqkam, and said security forces and law enforcement agencies would keep up operations at full pace to end externally sponsored terrorism.
President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi were among the political leaders who praised the security forces, Express News reported.
The ISPR statement did not name any of the dead.
How the reports differ
All three reports carry the same announced toll of 74. Express News dated the Kram operations to 3 November and named the counter-terrorism strategy behind the campaign, Azeem-e-Istiqkam, approved by the federal Apex Committee, details the other two did not give. Express News alone also carried the praise from President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi. Aaj News placed the 31 dead specifically in "Quetta's Kram area" and closed with military officials saying such operations would continue until terrorism is eliminated.
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