Karachi sources stated that police said some heavily armed militants on Saturday stormed a five star hotel in pakistan's port city of Gwadar in the restive Balochistan province. As per report a shootout was underway at the Pearl Continental Hotel after three to four armed militants entered into the facility, Dawn news quoted Gwadar Station House Officer Aslam Bangulzai as saying.
Meanwhile there were no immediate reports of casualties. Furthermore all foreign and local guests staying at the hotel have been safely evacuated and Express Tribune quoted Balochistan Information Minister Zahoor Buledi as saying. Sources said Navy and army soldiers are carrying out the operation. The officer said "At around 4:50 pm (local time) we got reports that there are three to four armed men in PC Hotel”.
Moreover frontier Corps personnel have cordoned off the hotel, DawnNewsTV reported citing police sources. Apparently the hotel, frequented by business and leisure travelers, is located on the Koh-e-Batil hill, south of West Bay on Fish Harbor road in Gwadar. Previously on April 18, unidentified gunmen donning uniforms of paramilitary soldiers massacred at least 14 passengers, including pakistan Navy personnel, after forcing them to disembark from buses on a highway in Balochistan.
