ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on Sunday strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Baghdad which resulted in heavy loss of lives.
“The government and the people of Pakistan extend their heartfelt condolences to the brotherly government and people of Iraq over the loss of innocent lives. Our hearts go out to the bereaved families and we wish speedy recovery for the injured,” said Foreign Office in a press release.
It said that Pakistan stood in solidarity with the brotherly people of Iraq in this hour of grief. “Pakistan reiterates its strong condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations,” it added. A suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State militant group killed at least 75 people in a Baghdad shopping district in the early hours of Sunday, the deadliest single attack in the capital this year.
The blast, which ripped through a street in the Karrada area where many people go to shop ahead of the holiday marking the end of Ramazan, came after IS lost one of the last two cities it held in the country. The bombing also wounded more than 130 people, security and medical officials said. The attack set buildings in the area ablaze, reducing some to charred hulks and also torching shops.
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