MQM condemn the petroleum products' price hike

SAMAA


KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari should immediately annul the currently approved price hike of the petroleum products, demanded Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) immediately after the unofficial announcement on Friday.

MQM Raabta (coordination) Committee has strongly condemned the approval of increase in the prices of the petroleum products and termed it as an additional burden on the already troubled people of Pakistan.

“The poor people of the country are already buried under the burden of constant price hike and this current price increase of the petroleum products is a sheer brutality,” said the MQM Raabta Committee.

Pakistan condemns terrorist attack in Iran

APP

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday strongly condemned the terrorist attack in the port City of Chabahar in Iran leading martyrdom of 39 innocent persons and injuring more than 80.

Foreign Office Spokesman Abdul Basit in a statement issued here said, “The Government of Pakistan expresses its deepest sympathy and condolences with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the bereaved families.”

The spokesman said, “The perpetrators of this heinous crime are common enemies of both Iran and Pakistan.”

Referring its close brotherly ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran, Pakistan also expressed its resolve and commitment to closely cooperate with Iran to defeat the menace of terrorism.