In his telegram, Prime Minister of Pakistan Emomali Rahmon expressed condolences to the “brotherly people of Pakistan.” Photo: Internet On January 31, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon sent a condolence telegram to the Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Shahbaz Sharif. According to the press service of the president, the telegram states: “We […]
In his telegram, Prime Minister of Pakistan Emomali Rahmon expressed condolences to the “brotherly people of Pakistan.”
Photo: InternetOn January 31, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon sent a condolence telegram to the Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Shahbaz Sharif.
According to the press service of the president, the telegram states:
“We received the tragic news of the death and injury of a large number of citizens of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan as a result of a terrorist act committed by a suicide bomber in one of the mosques in the city of Peshawar with deep sorrow.”
Rahmon strongly condemned “this brutal terrorist act.”
“We express our deep condolences and words of sympathy to you, the relatives and loved ones of the deceased, and to the entire brotherly people of Pakistan. We wish all the victims a full recovery,” the telegram notes.
On January 30, in Peshawar, the administrative center of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a suicide bomber detonated himself in the front row of worshippers inside the mosque. The explosion was so powerful that the roof and half of the wall collapsed onto the worshippers.
As a result of this explosion, at least 100 people were killed, and about 200 were injured.
The responsibility for the explosion was claimed by a splinter group from the Pakistani Taliban, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (Group of the Free), which announced that it was an act of revenge for the leader of this group.