Manmohan Singh expresses condolences over Pakistan fire tragedies

Singh writes letter to PM Ashraf, conveys condolences of behalf of India and its people.


Web Desk September 15, 2012

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gave condolences to Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf over the recent fire incidents in Karachi and Lahore which left over 300 dead, said a press release on Saturday.

“I was deeply saddened to learn of the loss of lives in the fire accidents in Karachi and Lahore on Tuesday, September 11,” Singh wrote in his letter to Ashraf.

“On behalf of the government and the people of India, and on my own behalf, I convey our deepest condolences to the families of the victims of the two tragedies,” he added.

The two fire incidents which took place in Lahore and Karachi on September 11 have left hundreds of people dead. The fire in a Karachi factory has alone left over 250 dead.

COMMENTS (25)

G. Din | 11 years ago | Reply

@Dr V. C. Bhutani: "Dr Singh, like Nehru, is a man of absolute integrity. One may accuse him of wrong decisions but nobody can accuse him of dishonesty." Well, he is Nehru's orphan as is the whole cabal of Congress leaders today. So, how many wrong decisions is he allowed? Lal Bahadur Shastri offered his resignation to Nehru after one railway accident. As far as "dishonesty" goes, he is perhaps the most intellectually dishonest man in that cabal. (Current Coalgate has exposed him to be so.) If that were not so, he would not have been content to crawl through a loophole in the Indian Constitution every morning into the prime ministerial office and occupy a chair once sat upon by Nehru, a man who proved to be almost all flaws but admittedly a Democrat to his core. He (MMS) is an interloper PM who shamelessly managed to purloin that august office.

"Those who comment here and speak in uncomplimentary terms merely show their own class." Having said the above, did I expose myself as a Shudra in your view?

bharat | 11 years ago | Reply

Good gesture ,feel sad for the poor people.

May God give them the courage to face this adversity

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