The founder and leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Altaf Hussain on Thursday condemned the deadly suicide blast in the procession of mourners on Misriyal Road in Rawalpindi.
Expressing his grief and sorrow over the killings, Hussain said if killing of the mourners and other innocent people continued like this, ‘the fire of terrorism would engulf the entire country’.
“The situation may reach a point where the terrorists would become unstoppable. This wave of terrorism will burn everything to ashes,” he said.
He urged that the authorities should pursue the terrorists and eliminate them from the country as the integrity and security of the country hinged upon it.
He further said that the organizers of the procession should take steps to protect the mourners on a self-help basis and keep a watchful eye for miscreants.
He asked all the religious and political parties of the country to come forward and play an active role against terrorism. Sympathizing with the grieving families of the mourners who lost their lives in the suicide blast, he prayed for their speedy recovery.