Summary Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Brussels.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk / AFP) - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday strongly condemned the terrorist attacks in Brussels which resulted into the loss of precious human lives and injured many other innocent people.
Extending his heartfelt condolences to the victims’ families, the Prime Minister said that those responsible for killing of innocent people are devoid of humanity.
“Terrorism is not a threat to any single country or nation, but to the whole humanity and it is high time that this menace is collectively fought for safeguarding our future generations. The world must put up a joint resistance and fight against this evil for wiping out terrorism from all parts and countries of the world,” stressed the Prime Minister.
He underlined that no religion advocates terrorism and killings of innocent people.
The terrorists label themselves as associated with different religious faiths and beliefs while their actions are in contrary to the religious teachings, he added.
Nawaz Sharif said no religion allows the barbaric and inhumane acts of killing fellow human beings.
MORE THAN 20 DEAD IN BRUSSELS BLASTS
A string of explosions rocked Brussels airport and a city metro station today, killing at least 21 people in apparently coordinated attacks.
Two explosions targeted the main hall of Zaventem Airport at around 0700 GMT, with a third hitting the Maalbeek metro station near the European Union’s main buildings, just as commuters were making their way to work in rush hour.
There were chaotic scenes at the airport as passengers fled in panic, with a thick plume of smoke rising from the main terminal building.
The blasts smashed the windows of the departure hall and sent ceiling tiles shattering to the floor.
"We heard the explosion and felt the blowback," Jean-Pierre Lebeau, a French passenger who had just arrived from Geneva, told AFP, adding that he had seen wounded people and "blood in the elevator".
Witnesses told Belga news agency there had been shots and shouts in Arabic before the blasts hit the airport on the northwest outskirts of Brussels.
At Maalbeek station, at least 15 people with bloodied faces were being treated by emergency services on the pavement, an AFP reporter said.
The explosions triggered a transport shutdown in the city that is home to the headquarters of both the EU and NATO. Flights were halted with metro, tram and bus services all suspended.
"These attacks mark another low by the terrorists in the service of hatred and violence," said EU President Donald Tusk.
The bloodshed comes days after the dramatic arrest in Brussels on Friday of Salah Abdeslam -- the prime suspect in the Paris terror attacks claimed by the Daesh group that killed 130 people in November -- after four months on the run.
