Pakistan Files FIR in Pathankot Attack, Doesn’t Name Masood Azhar

Pakistan’s anti-terror police files an FIR against seven “unknown persons” in the Pathankot air base attack.

Indian security forces patrol inside the Indian air force base in Pathankot, India, Sunday, 3 January 2016. (Photo: AP)

A Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of the police in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Friday registered a First-Information Report (FIR) against the alleged attackers of the Pathankot airbase in India, media reports said.

The FIR was registered in the CTD police station Gujranwala town.

Sources said the case was lodged against unknown terrorists on the plea of Deputy Home Secretary Aitzaz-ud-Din, The News International reported.

Murder, attempt to murder and terror charges have been included in the case.

The attack occurred on 2 January when a heavily armed group attacked the Pathankot Air Force base. A total of 14 people were killed – six attackers, seven security personnel and one civilian.

Masood Azhar, chief of the Jaish-e-Mohammad. (Photo: Reuters)

A special investigation team formed by Pakistan to investigate the Pathankot incident had earlier recommended to the federal government to lodge an FIR on the basis of the information provided to nation’s National Security Adviser Nasser Khan Janjua by his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval.