Will punish perpetrators of Quetta attack: Pak PM
February 19, 2013  01:30
Calling for collective action to eliminate terrorism, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf today pledged that his government would go to any extent to punish those responsible for the bomb attack that killed scores of Shia Hazaras in Quetta.

"It is not time for a political divide. It is not time to discriminate between the government and the opposition. We need collective wisdom and action for the nation's deliverance from the challenges it faces," Ashraf said, while addressing the National Assembly or lower house of parliament.

He spoke after the House discussed the law and order situation with special reference to the devastating bomb attack that killed 89 people and injured nearly 200 in a Shia-dominated area of Quetta on Saturday.

The banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the attack, which came barely a month after twin suicide bombings in Quetta killed 92 Shias.
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