Bannu: Negotiations with extremists continue in CTD office, emergency imposed in hospitals.

Bannu: Negotiations with extremists continue in CTD office, emergency imposed in hospitals. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government spokesperson Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif has said that negotiations are ongoing with militants in Bannu Cantonment and the government is trying to get the accused to surrender to the law enforcement officials. According to reports, militants have taken around two dozen hostages in the Anti-Terrorism Office in Bannu Cantonment. On Tuesday, the third day of the siege has passed. Barrister Saif told the BBC that the building was surrounded by law enforcement officers and that various delegations at the local level were trying to convince the militants to lay down their arms and surrender to the law. Hand it over. He said that the demands of the militants are not being accepted and the government is trying to ensure that there is no harm and to control the situation. ? All educational institutions in Bannu district are closed today, while the entrance and exit routes of the cantonment remain closed for the third day. Medical emergency has been imposed in the Medical Teaching Institute Bannu and its subsidiaries. Deputy Commissioner Bannu had issued a notification yesterday in which it was said that all public and private educational institutions of Bannu will remain closed today. Locals said that there was no electricity in most of the areas since last night and internet service was also suspended. The residents of Bannu Cantonment who came out of their homes towards the city on Sunday have not been able to return to their homes, they have spent the second night outside their homes. Bannu Miranshah Road is also closed while there is fear in the area.

The kidnappers are demanding a safe passage in exchange for the release of the hostages, however, provincial government spokesperson Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif has said that elements involved in terrorist activities will not be lenient and the government will meet any of their demands. will not A government official told the BBC on condition of anonymity that the CTD office is set up in a rented house in the Bannu Cantonment area where suspects involved in extremism are kept for investigation and. On Sunday, these extremists shot an officer on duty and took his weapon hostage. The number of extremists is said to be around two dozen, while it has also been confirmed that three personnel were injured in the firing incident. after the incident and the military authorities are also monitoring the operation

Roads leading to the cantonment have been barricaded. In a statement issued by the spokesperson of the provincial government, Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif, it has been said that no one attacked the Bannu CTD police station. He said that some accused in the station were under custody on suspicion of terrorism who were being investigated, whereupon these accused tried to snatch weapons from the security personnel present in the station.