The Majlis’ National Security and Foreign Policy Commission criticizes Pakistan for failing to protect a kidnapped Iranian diplomat.

Speaking to reporters on Sunday, the head of the Iranian parliamentary National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, criticized the Pakistani government for failing to protect the kidnapped Iranian diplomat.

“Pakistan has lost its security,” he stated.

Iran’s commercial attaché, Heshmatollah Attarzadeh Niyaki, was kidnapped in an ambush attack by unidentified gunmen on Thursday, on his way to the Iranian consulate in the Pakistani city of Peshawar.

Gunmen reportedly killed Attarzadeh’s driver and took the diplomat to an undisclosed location.

Boroujerdi took the United States to task for the ongoing insecurity inside Pakistan, saying, “The massive US bombardments have targeted the country’s civilians.”

Meanwhile the governor of Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province, Owais Ahmed Ghani, said the police have found new clues about the fate of the kidnapped diplomat, although he refused to provide any details about the discovery.

Police have tightened security measures in and around the city of Peshawar as well as in the nearby tribal regions of the city, added the governor.

Pakistani police have so far arrested five suspects in connection with the abduction of Attarzadeh in the northern tribal region of Peshawar.

The Iranian foreign ministry on Thursday condemned the terrorist action, calling on the Pakistani government to spare no effort to ensure the Iranian diplomat is released.

Press TV