President condemns Pakistan blasts
PRESIDENT Mahinda Rajapaksa who met Pakistani High Commissioner
Shahzad A. Chaudry following the bomb blasts in Karachi yesterday
expressed his profound sorrow at the loss of over 130 lives, to the
Government and the people of Pakistan.
President Rajapaksa condemned the bomb attacks targeting the
motorcade of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto who had returned to
Pakistan the previous day.
The President told the High Commissioner that Sri Lanka, as a country
which has suffered immensely by acts of terrorism, understood the pain
and anguish caused by this act of carnage.
He reiterated the need for SAARC countries to work together to end
the scourge of terrorism.
Earlier in a statement, the President said: “This attack with its
great toll of human life attracts the strongest denunciation as it has
been carried out at a time when the people of Pakistan are looking
forward to general elections, for a peaceful and orderly transition of
power, in keeping with the traditions of democracy.
“As a neighbour of Pakistan that has suffered its own share of the
brutality of terrorism, we share with the Government and the people of
Pakistan our profound sorrow at the loss of life, and the suffering of
the families of those killed, as well as those injured, to whom we wish
speedy recovery.
“We assure the Government and the people of Pakistan of our strongest
support against the forces of terror who seek to undermine the stability
of Pakistan and the peaceful way of the life of its people.”
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