KARACHI: The leadership of Businessmen Group (BMG) and office-bearers of Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) have strongly condemned the suicide attack at Gulshan Park in Lahore in which at least 72 people were killed and more than 300 people were injured.
In a statement issued, Chairman Businessmen Group and former President KCCI Siraj Kassam Teli, Vice Chairmen BMG and former Presidents KCCI Tahir Khaliq, Zubair Motiwala, Haroon Farooki and Anjum Nisar, President KCCI Younus Muhammad Bashir, Senior Vice President Zia Ahmed Khan, Vice President Muhammad Naeem Sharif extended their deepest condolence to the bereaved families and prayed for eternal peace to the departed souls and speedy recovery to those who were injured in the blast.
They also urged the government and law enforcing agencies to ensure strict security measures at public places to secure the lives of innocent people.
Expressing solidarity with the families who lost their loved ones in this tragic incident, they said that the entire business and industrial community of Karachi was deeply saddened and they all stand shoulder-to-shoulder with their brothers and sisters in Lahore during this hour of grief.
