Ghani condoles loss of lives in Lahore bombing

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani has extended condolences to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over the loss of life in terrorist attack in Lahore.

In a telephone call on Tuesday, Ghani denounced the suicide bombing as a cowardly act. Sharif called terrorism a common enemy of both nations, saying such attacks could not deter their resolve.

At least 13 people lost their lives and 80 others were injured in a deadly suicide blast outside the Punjab Assembly on Monday evening.

DIG Traffic Police Capt (retd) Ahmad Mobin Zaidi and DIG (Operations) Zahid Gondal were among the six police officials killed in the bombing -- claimed by a Taliban faction.

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