Islamabad (Web Desk): President Dr Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan have strongly condemned the suicide blast inside a mosque in Peshawar.
At least 56 peope were killed and more than 190 were injured in a suicide attack on a mosque in Qissa Khwani bazaar in Peshawar's Kocha Risaldar area on Friday.
In their separate messages, the president and the premier expressed grief and sorrow over loss of precious lives.
They also extended condolences to the families of the deceased.
In his message, President Dr Arif Alvi condemned the blast at Jamia Masjid Imamia at Qissa Khawani Bazaar in Peshawar and expressed deep sorrow over the loss of precious lives.
The president expressed sympathy to the families of the martyrs and prayed for the forgiveness of the martyrs and prayed for speedy recovery of the injured.
صدر مملکت ڈاکٹر عارف علوی کی جامع مسجد امامیہ، قصہ خوانی بازار، پشاور میں دھماکے کی مذمت
— The President of Pakistan (@PresOfPakistan) March 4, 2022
صدر مملکت کا دھماکے میں قیمتی جانوں کے ضیاع پر گہرے رنج و غم کا اظہار
صدرِ مملکت کا شہداء کے لواحقین سے اظہار ہمدردی، شہداء کیلئےدعائے مغفرت اور زخمی ہونیوالے افراد کیلئے جلد صحتیابی کی دعا
Prime Minister Imran Khan strongly condemned the attack and directed provision of immediate medical treatment to the injured, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said in a statement.
The prime minister ordered an inquiry into the incident, the statement added.
وزیر اعظم عمران خان کی پشاور دھماکے کی شدید مذمت۔
— Prime Minister's Office, Pakistan (@PakPMO) March 4, 2022
قیمتی جانوں کے ضیاع پر اظہارِ افسوس اور زخمیوں کو فوری طبی امداد فراہم کرنے کی ہدایت
واقع کی رپورٹ طلب کر لی۔#Peshawarblast pic.twitter.com/xdsbQhsot8
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid also condemned the attack, saying he had directed the provincial chief secretary and inspector general of police to submit a report. He expressed grief over the lives lost in the incident.
پشاور میں دہشتگردی واقعے کی شدید مذمت کرتا ہوں
— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) March 4, 2022
چیف سیکرٹری اور آئی جی کے پی سے واقعے کی رپورٹ طلب کر لی ہے
بم دھماکے سے جانوں کے ضیاع پر دکھ کا اظہار کرتا ہوں
شہید ہونے والے نمازیوں کے لواحقین سے ہمدردی کا اظہار کرتا ہوں#Peshawar
KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan condemned the blast and sought a report from the KP inspector-general of police.
The chief minister instructed the rescue workers to speed up the rescue operation and ordered provincial cabinet members to monitor the operations.
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry also condemned the blast in Peshawar.
The minister said investigations were underway and details of the tragic incident will be shared soon.
پشاور دھماکہ ایک بڑی سازش کی کڑی ہے، ہم نے ماضی میں ایسی سازشوں کا مقابلہ کیا ہے انشاللہ اب بھی پاکستان کے دشمن ناکام ہوں گے
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) March 4, 2022
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif offered condolences to the families of those martyred in the attack.
In a statement the PML-N chief strongly condemned the incident saying those who attacked worshippers could be "neither Muslims nor humans".
He also expressed concern over the "serious security conditions" in the country.
In a post on Twitter, he wrote, "Words can't adequately condemn the sheer brutality. Terrorism continues to remain our foremost national challenge".
Heart-wrenching terrorist incident in Peshawar in which so many precious lives have been lost. Words can't adequately condemn the sheer brutality. Terrorism continues to remain our foremost national challenge. Prayers & condolences are with the bereaved families!
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) March 4, 2022
Former President Asif Ali Zardari also condemned the incident and said terrorists were the enemies of the country and the nation and must be eliminated. While praying for the speedy recovery of the injured, he reminded that there was still time to fully implement the National Action Plan.
The former president said that the attack would not have happened if "nurseries of terrorism had been destroyed".
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said that terrorists had "carried out an attack on humanity" by targeting innocent worshippers.
He demanded that the government immediately arrest terrorist elements and their facilitators.
The PPP chairperson said he was saddened by the non-implementation of the National Action Plan
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief and Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) president Maulana Fazlur Rehman expressed sadness over the loss of precious lives in the Peshawar blast and offered condolences to the families of the deceased.
"The incumbent government has failed to maintain law and order, the peace achieved with such hard work is going to be destroyed again by this incompetent government," Fazl said.
پشاور دھماکہ میں قیمتی جانوں کےضیاع پرافسوس اور لواحقین سےتعزیت کا اظہارکرتاھوں،اللہ انکی مغفرت فرمائےاورزخمیوں کوشفاء کاملہ عاجلہ عطا فرمائے۔
— Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman (@MoulanaOfficial) March 4, 2022
یہ حکومت امن وامان برقرار رکھنے میں ناکام ھوگئ ھے اوراتنی محنت سے حاصل کیا گیا امن اس نااھل حکومت کےھاتھوں پھرسے تباہ ھونےکی طرف جارھا ھے
PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz also strongly condemned the incident, stating that the "return of the smell of explosives" in Pakistan's cities was worrying.
"The peace that was established by sacrificing precious lives has been affected by incompetence," she said referring to the current government. She prayed for the injured and the families of the martyrs.
پشاور میں دہشت گردی کی شدید الفاظ میں مذمت کرتی ہوں۔ہمارے شہروں میں پھر سے بارود کی بو پریشان کن ہے، جانوں کے نذرانے پیش کرکہ قائم کیا گیا امن نااہلی کی نذر ہو گیا۔اللّہ تعالیٰ پاکستان اور اس میں بسنے والوں پر اپنا رحم فرمائے،زخمیوں کو صحت یاب کرے اور شہدا کے خاندانوں کو صبر دے۔
— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) March 4, 2022
