Sharif cancels UK visit following Lahore blasts

March 28, 2016 15:03

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today cancelled his visit to Britain following the horrific Easter bombing at a popular park in Lahore that left over 70 people dead. Sharif was scheduled to leave for Britain today but he cancelled his trip after the blast last evening at Gulshan-e- Iqbal Park in Lahore where Christians were celebrating Easter, a spokesman at the prime minister's secretariat said.

Sharif was to meet British prime minister David Cameron and then fly to the US for the Nuclear Security Summit 2016. "He will now travel directly to the US after a couple of days," the spokesman was quoted as saying by The News International.

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