The perpetrator of the false report that Rangers personnel were struck by their own car has been identified as being from Abbotabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to Information Minister Atta Tarar. He also stated that only Rangers and police personnel were hurt during the fighting.
Ahsan Iqbal, the Minister of Planning, and Atta Tarar, the Minister of Information, spoke to the world media in Islamabad.