The Sindh Assembly on Monday passed a resolution condemning last week’s terrorist attack on an Imambargah in the Shikarpur district of Sindh.
At least 60 people were killed and more than a 100 people were injured when a suspected suicide bomber attacked Karbala-e-Moalla Imambargah in the Lakhidar area during Friday prayers.
While addressing the Sindh Assembly, Muslim League Functional leader Imtiaz Sheikh said that the Shikarpur incident was a national tragedy. The death toll had increased due to the absence of doctors in civil hospitals.
He said that Sindh Chief Minister should announce Rs 5,000,000 compensation for the heirs of each victim.
Deputy Speaker Shehla Raza stated that Taliban apologists should also be punished. She further asked why the people who addressed crows on the occasions of funerals of executed terrorists were not stopped.
MQM parliamentary leader Syed Sardar Ahmed stated that the Shia community is now being targeted in Sindh after Balochistan. Such incidents should be taken seriously.
Sindh does not have its own intelligence agency and depends on federation. Security across the province should be tightened to avert such tragedies in the future, he added.
MQM leader Khawaja Izharul Hassan said that someone else is masterminding these attacks. Anti-terror operation should be expanded in Interior Sindh.
On the occasion, Mir Hazar Khan Bajrani said that the Shikarpur blast is the failure of intelligence agencies. The agencies must take stern action now.
Meanwhile, the assembly passed a condemnation resolution against the tragic incident. The session will now resume on Tuesday.
