LAHORE: All provincial chief ministers, who are here to attend a National Finance Commission meeting, visited on Wednesday the Jinnah Hospital and praised the courage shown by survivors of the Moon Market blast. They also appreciated the medical staff's efficiency.
They expressed the resolve to fight terrorism till its elimination and presented bouquets to the injured.
Later, NWFP Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti ruled out the possibility of talks with Taliban till they renounce extremism.
‘One can talk with humans, not savages like Taliban. Talks need to be held in a conducive atmosphere. How can anyone talk with killers of our mothers, sisters, brothers and children. We cannot rule out the involvement of foreign hands in terrorist activities … We will expose them and … smoke out the terrorists.’
Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah expressed solidarity with the people of Punjab and promised all-out support in the fight against terrorism.
Terrorists, Mr Shah said, were destined to be defeated and the federal and provincial governments were determined to provide security to the common man.
‘I have seen the determination in the eyes of survivors which signifies the official resolve to fight terrorists to the end.’
Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani said that terrorists wanted to sow seeds of despair.
‘They are neither humans nor Muslims … No Muslim can kill fellow Muslims with this unprecedented barbarity, and that too in a mosque.’
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif thanked the three chief ministers for their unflinching support against terrorism and resolved to continue efforts to rid society of the menace.
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