President condemns terrorist attack on coal miners in Mach

F.P. Report

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Sunday condemned killing of 11 coal miners in Mach, Balochistan province, calling it ‘a dirty & cowardly act’.

On his twitter handle, the president expressed the resolve of the state to bring killers of this heinous act to justice. “The killing of 11 coal miners in Mach is a dirty & cowardly act. The state is committed to finding these heinous killers who must be flushed out, exposed from underneath every slimy stone & snake pit and punished,” the president tweeted.

The president also prayed for the eternal peace of the innocent miners.

Meanwhile, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz said on Sunday that heartbreaking Machh incident of killing of miners was highly reprehensible and tragic.

Strongly condemning the incident, the minister, in a tweet, said the external enemy in its attempt to destabilize Pakistan was constantly orchestrating such subversive activities on its soil.

Unfortunately, the political elements rejected by the people, consciously or unconsciously, were also becoming a tool of external enemies by spreading chaos and anarchy in the country, he added.

The enemies, however, would fail in their nefarious designs against Pakistan, the minister said.