World vision

Nameless gunmen have assaulted the workplace of a Western aid organization in Pakistan, killing up to 5 people, the police force said.

The victims, counting 2 women, were all Pakistanis, information says.

The harass took position on the workplace of the World Vision in Mansehra region, 65 km (40 miles), north of capital of Pakistan, the police said.

Islamic radicals have attacked workplaces of foreign NGOs in the past in Pakistan, journalists say.
Police administrator Sajid Khan said the AFP news organization that some armed group had “tempest” the structure of the NGO.

“There was sacking and also an blast inside,” he said.

The police force said that the gunmen opened blaze and exploded bullets once within the building.

One nameless aid employee said the gunmen had “occupied in battle with the police” inside the edifice.

Plan International’s offices in Mansehra were firebombed in 2008 Attacks on aid personnel are not rare in Pakistan.

In February 2008, British aid organization Plan International suspended its process in Pakistan after 3 of its workers were killed in an assaulted on its workplace in Mansehra.

Journalists say Mansehra in North West Frontier Province had provided as a base for militants working in Afghanistan and Kashmir.

Militant sets and spiritual parties in Pakistan have frequently accused non-governmental organizations of dispersal “vulgarity” in society.

This is because the NGOs typically employ women staff and organize mixed communal gatherings in line with their apparent policy of gender parity, observers say.