Sunday, September 22, 2013

Zardari, Bilawal, Shujaat condemn Peshawar church attack

Former President Asif Ali Zardari has strongly condemned the suicide attack inside a church in Peshawar killing scores of innocent people including women and children and injuring many more. In a message the former President said that no words were strong enough to condemn the barbaric and cruel attack on peaceful citizens professing a faith different from that of the majority and whose only fault was that they were offering their prayers. He said the latest suicide attack should serve to open the eyes of those who still believe in appeasing the militants. The militants cannot be appeased, they must not be, he said. Our values, our way of life and our very survival is threatened by the militants. This threat cannot be wished away, it has to be fought back with courage, conviction and resoluteness of the entire nation. The former President also prayed for those who lost their lives, expressed sympathies with bereaved families and prayed for early recovery of the injured. He also directed ppp workers to assist the victims families in rehabilitation. Patron-In-Chief of Pakistan People’s Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has strongly condemned the bomb blast in a Church in Peshawar killing several innocent people this morning. In a statement, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that almost every segment of Pakistani society, which wants peace is being targeted by terrorists. From schools to hospitals and bazars to the places of worship, the terrorists seem to be unrestricted in mounting attacks, he said. Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) President Senator Ch Shujat Hussain and senior central leader and former Deputy Prime Minister Ch. Parvez Elahi have expressed their heartfelt grief and sorrow over heinous incident of attack on a church in Qissa Khwani Bazar of Peshawar. Both the leaders contacted the Bishop of Lahore Rev. Irfan Jamil on telephone and expressed their solidarity with the Christian community over the incident. In their message, they said that they share the grief and sorrow of the Christian community, strongly condemn the incident and demand protection of places of worship of the Christian community.

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