Pakistan

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

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.