Pakistani authorities have so far arrested 309 people associated with Islamic State (IS) on its territory, he said. However, a breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban also claimed the hospital bombing and Bajwa said he believed the Islamic State statement was false. Critics say Pakistan has targeted only militants who attack its own state, not those active in neighbouring Afghanistan and India. Pakistan has been fighting the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an umbrella group of militants fighting to impose strict Islamic law in Pakistan, since 2007. It is also home to other armed groups, such as the Haqqani network and Afghan Taliban, who fight international forces in neighbouring Afghanistan.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 01, 2016 18:00 UTC