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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the attack on Data Darbar shrine in Lahore and vowed to support Pakistan.UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also denounced the suicide bombings on the shrine of Data Darbar in the Pakistani city of Lahore. The Secretary-General extends his heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims.According to a statement issued from Washington, Secretary Clinton said we condemn this brutal crime and reaffirm our commitment to support the Pakistani people in their efforts to defend their democracy from the violent extremists who seek to destroy it. The extremists have shown that they respect neither human dignity nor the fundamental religious values of Pakistani society, Clinton said.< br>Violating the sanctity of this revered shrine is a particularly sinister attempt to destabilize Pakistan and to intimidate its people. The attackers will not succeed, as the Pakistani public refuses to be cowed by such violence, she said.
