Federal govt announces 3-day mourning
KPK government announced Rs500, 000 each for families of those killed in church blast.
PESHAWAR (Dunya News) - Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan expressed grief and sorrow over the incident and announced a 3-day nation-wide mourning.
Talking to the media, after visiting Lady Reading Hospital, along with KPK Chief Minister Pervez Khatta, Nisar assured full support to the provincial government to complement efforts in connection with the medical treatment and other help to the victims.
Strongly condemning Pakistan’s one of the deadliest attacks, the Interior Minister said: “No Pakistani has any words to condemn such an inhuman act”. He said only anti-Islam forces could execute such heinous acts of terrorism.
On the other hand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government also announced Rs 500, 000 each for families of those killed in church blasts and Rs 200, 000 for the injured people.
A pair of suicide bombers detonated their explosives outside a historic church in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing 78 people in the deadliest-ever attack on the country s Christian minority, officials said.
