LAHORE: Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has condemned the Quetta blast and expressed a deep sense of sorrow over the loss of precious lives.

At a meeting with federal minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan at chief minister’s secretariat on Thursday, the chief minister stated that the enemy was trying to destabilise the country and asserted that the nefarious designs of the enemy would be defeated.

He said the nation as well as the law-enforcement agencies had rendered invaluable sacrifices for maintaining peace and the coward enemy could not weaken the strong commitment of the nation.

Published in Dawn, April 23rd, 2021

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