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Tourist attack: G-B legislative assembly passes condemnation bill

The legislative assembly expressed full faith in PM Nawaz Sharif. Budget also presented in the session.

Web Desk June 25, 2013 Less than a minute read

The legislative assembly expresses full faith in PM Nawaz Sharif. Budget also presented in the session. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE

GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan legislative assembly has passed a condemnation bill on the killings of the foreign mountaineers in a session on Tuesday, Express News reported.

The legislative assembly expressed full faith in Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Early Sunday, armed men, dressed in Gilgit Scouts uniforms, stormed a camp at Kutgali near the base camp of Nanga Parbat and shot down 10 foreign mountaineers and a Pakistani guide at point blank range.

Interestingly, two outlawed militant groups claimed responsibility for the base camp shootings.

Thousands of people participated in a demonstration in Chilas town on Monday against the vicious massacre.

The budget was also presented in the session.