Zardari condemns terror attacks in Mastung, Bannu

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has strongly condemned the terror attacks in Mastung and Bannu.

In a statement, the former president condemned the attack in which Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) candidate Nawabzada Siraj Raisani, his son and dozens of other political workers were killed and several others were injured.

At least 72 people were killed and 120 were injured in the attack during a campaign rally in Mastung. Raisani was campaigning for PB-35 in upcoming general elections.

Zardari also condemned terror attack on the convoy of former Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Akram Durrani in Bannu which killed four and injured 35 others.

Expressing concerns over such attacks during election campaigns, he called for serious investigations in these attacks. He also demanded to expose these terrorists and bring them to book.

He expressed profound grief and sorrow over the deaths of political workers and sympathised with the bereaved families, and prayed for early recovery of the injured in these attacks.