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PM Nawaz shortens Karachi trip after Lahore blast

February 14, 2017

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Sharif attends the closing session of 18th SAARC summit in Kathmandu — Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif attends the closing session of 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in Kathmandu November 27, 2014. A brief meeting between India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart appears to have salvaged a summit of South Asian leaders, with all eight countries clinching a last-minute deal to create a regional electricity grid. REUTERS/Niranjan Shrestha/Pool (NEPAL - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR4FUCN

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif shortened his trip to Karachi and would leave for Lahore in the wake of Monday’s terrorist attack that killed 14 people and injured over 100 near Punjab Assembly.

The prime minister is expected to chair a meeting on law and order situation in Lahore.

PM Nawaz arrived in Karachi on Tuesday to witness the Multinational Naval Exercise AMAN-17 in the Arabian Sea.

Pakistan is hosting the event in which participation includes naval forces from 36 countries. The five-day drill kicked off at Pakistan Navy Dockyard on Friday.

During the visit, PM Sharif was to preside over a high-level meeting at the Sindh Governor House to discuss the overall situation in the province. He was also to be briefed on progress related to the Green Line Mass Transit, Lyari Expressway, Karachi Circular Railway and Karachi Water Supply Plant projects, Radio Pakistan reported.