Bangladesh condemns bomb blasts in Pakistan

Friday, August 22, 2008, 21:33 [IST]

Dhaka, Aug 22 (UNI) Bangladesh today condemned yesterday's blasts in a Pakistani town Wah that reportedly killed 63 people.

In a condolence message to Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi today, Bangladesh caretaker government's Foreign Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury said, ''I condemn this cowardly act of terrorism in the strongest terms.'' ''All Bangladeshis join me in prayer for the salvation of the departed souls who got killed in the incident and for the early recovery of the injured,'' he added.

Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the gates of Pakistan main weapons complex yesterday, killing 63 people.

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