British PM condemns recent terrorist attacks in Pakistan
British PM also expressed sympathies with victims of these terrible attacks and their families
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday strongly condemned the last week’s terrorists attacks in Pakistan, including Mastung.
In a condolence letter to Caretaker Prime Minister Justice (r) Nasirul Mulk, she said it is shocking to see terrorists strike against those participating in the democratic process.
Theresa May said upholding democratic values is our strongest defence against the scourge of terrorism.
The British PM also expressed sympathies with victims of these terrible attacks and their families.
Earlier, with just days left for 2018 general elections, a string of terrorist attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has left many people including political leaders of different parties dead and dozens others wounded.
On Friday, a suicide blast ripped through a crowd at a political rally in Mastung, killing 131 including younger brother of former Balochistan chief minister Aslam Raisani and Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) candidate, Nawabzada Siraj Raisani.
The blast is the latest in a string of attacks that have spurred fears of violence ahead of nationwide polls on July 25. Authorities said the suicide bomber detonated in the middle of a compound where the political meeting was taking place.
The attack was the most lethal since Taliban militants assaulted a school in the northwestern city of Peshawar in 2014, killing over 150 people, mostly children, and one of the deadliest in Pakistan’s long struggle with militancy.
It came hours after four people were killed and 39 injured when a bomb hidden inside a motorcycle detonated close to another politician’s convoy in Bannu on Friday, near the border with Afghanistan.
Militants have targeted politicians, religious gatherings, security forces and even schools in Pakistan.
But security across the country has dramatically improved since government and military operations cleared large swathes of territory near the Afghan border in recent years.
Last month, a US air strike killed the leader of the Taliban, Maulana Fazlullah, in neighbouring Afghanistan in what the Pakistani army called a "positive development" that also sparked fears of reprisals.
The military has warned of security threats in the run-up to the tense election on July 25, and said it will deploy more than 370,000 soldiers on polling day.
