Achakzai blames Quetta carnage on intelligence failure

ISLAMABAD: Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai was in the limelight once again when he blamed failure of the intelligence agencies for the deadly blast in Quetta's Civil Hospital which claimed over 70 lives.

Speaking on the floor of the National Assembly on Tuesday, Achakzai said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif should use the Quetta blast as a test case and give the civilian and military intelligence agencies a timeframe.  

"If our agencies can find even a needle in murky waters, why can't they catch these terrorists roaming freely?" he asked.

"The Quetta blast is the result of failure of our agencies," the politician said.

He said that the terrorist attack was an attack on all of Pakistan, adding that Pakistan would not fight any other country's proxy wars.

Achakzai emphasised that unbiased operation against terrorism is necessary and said that the Armed forces, courts and the government will have to renew their commitment to deal with terrorist elements.

He also called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to convene a joint session of the Parliament to discuss the country's internal and external policies and challenges.