LAHORE, March 27 (APP): Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad
Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday announced three-day mourning throughout
the province over the tragic incident of blast at Gulshan-e-Iqbal
Park while national flag will fly half mast.
The Chief Minister, in his message, strongly condemned the
blast, sought a report from the Inspector General of Police and
directed immediate arrest of the responsible of the incident.
He expressed his deep grief and sorrow over the loss
of precious human lives in the blast and sympathized with the
bereaved families.
He directed the administration to provide best treatment
facilities to the injured. Senior officials of health department
should personally supervise medical facilities being provided
to the injured, he added.
Shehbaz Sharif said the brutal ‘beasts’ targeting
innocent children, women and people in the park deserved no
leniency and such a cowardly act was highly condemnable.
He said all his sympathies and that of the Punjab
government was with the bereaved families and equally shared
their grief.
He said that the perpetrators of this incident would not
escape law and those playing with the lives of innocent citizens
would be brought to justice.