ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday visited the residence of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and condoled over the loss of lives of party workers in an explosion in Bajaur.
The prime minister said the whole nation was in grief due to the tragic incident as the attack on the JUI-F was an aggression against democracy.
He prayed to Allah Almighty to rest the departed souls in eternal peace and grant courage to the bereaved families to bear the loss with fortitude.
He said he had ordered the provision of the best medical treatment to the injured, and assured that those involved in the incident would be identified and given exemplary punishment.
Federal ministers Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Ishaq Dar, Maulana Asad Mehmood, Khurram Dastgir and Israr Tareen, National Assembly Deputy Speaker Zahid Akram Durrani, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, Senator Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri and Member of the National Assembly Abdul Akbar Chitrali were also present.
Meanwhile, the National Assembly strongly denounced the attack on the JUI-F gathering in Bajaur and emphasized the urgent need to identify and expose the elements responsible for terrorist incidents across the country.
The National Assembly session chaired by Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf offered fateha for the departed souls of those martyred in a terrorist attack in Bajaur.
On the occasion, the chair also expressed deep grief and sorrow with the JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and JUI-F’s parliamentary leader Maulana Asad Mehmood over the loss of precious lives of their workers in the Bajaur blast.
He also urged the government to take necessary steps to bring the culprits involved in this incident to the book. The lawmakers also called for exposing the elements behind the incidents of terrorism, taking place in Pakistan.
