LAHORE - Delegations of various political parties including PTI, PML-Q and Jamaat-e-Islami visited the Services Hospital to inquire after injured in Wagah border tragedy.
Leaders prayed for their early recovery and said the act of terrorism near Wagah border was a cowardice activity by the enemies of the country. They blamed the incident a government failure and said the rulers’ inability badly exposed.
Liaqat Baloch, talking to the journalists, said that the suicide attack at the participants of the Wagah border flag lowering ceremony was most tragic, inhuman and an attack on Pakistan and the patriotism of its people. He said that the terrorist attack during the sensitive days of Muharram was most meaningful and exposed enemy designs. He stressed that the enquiry into the attack must expose the hidden hand behind the suicide attack.
He said the nation wanted an end to terrorism and it stood by the security forces in the war against terrorism. He however suggested that the security at sensitive places must be further improved.
Liaqat Baloch termed the Rs 0.5 million compensation announced by the Punjab government for each dead and Rs 0.1 million for the injured as inadequate and said it should be enhanced.
The JI secretary general said while the enemy forces were active on their Great Game to destabilise Pakistan and prove it a failed and an irresponsible state, the country was badly suffering from bad governance, price spiral and unemployment.