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CM condemns incident of terrorism in Turkey

Published January 1, 2017 Updated January 1, 2017 06:20pm

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday strongly condemned an incident of terrorism in Istanbul, Turkey.

He has expressed deep sense of sorrow and grief over loss of human lives in the incident and prayed for early recovery of the injured.

The chief minister expressed complete solidarity with Turk leadership and people.

He said people of Pakistan were with their Turk brethren in this hour of distress and equally share the grief of the bereaved families.

All our sympathies were with the bereaved families, he added.

The chief minister said that Turkey and Pakistan were facing the menace of terrorism and, undoubtedly, terrorism was an international challenge which will have to be coped with joint efforts and take steps in a coordinated manner for eliminating it.

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