President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. — APP/File

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday strongly condemned the suicide blast near the vehicle of PPP-S leader Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao after a public meeting in Charsadda.

Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao and his son Sikandar Sherpao escaped the attack, in which a policeman was killed and eight people sustained injuries.

The President termed the incident a cowardly act of terrorism and said the government and people of Pakistan were committed to rid the country and society from this menace.

He prayed for the departed soul of the policeman killed in the attack and also directed the concerned authorities to ensure the provision of best medical treatment to the injured.

The prime minister has directed the Interior Minister Rehman Malik to immediately submit a report regarding this abhorrent act of terrorism.

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