‘Packages will be provided for families of deceased’

Prayers were offered in district on Sunday

MARDAN: Exclusive packages will be provided for the families of those who died in the attack on district courts in Mardan.

This was said by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl provincial president Fayaz Khan while speaking to the media in Mardan.

“The representatives of JUI-F stand with the Pakistan Army in the war against militancy,” he added.

Prayers were offered in various parts of Mardan district on Sunday for 13 people who died in the blast on September 2.

The representatives of Awami National Party condemned the Mardan attack. On the other hand, Pakistan Justice Democratic Critic Party President Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary said the people of Mardan are mourning the loss of 13 lives.

Addressing lawyers at Mardan Medical Complex, the party president said those who were injured in the Mardan blast are demanding assistance from the PTI-led provincial government. He urged the government to provide the same incentives to the bereaved families of Mardan blast that were provided to the families of victims of the Quetta blast. 

Published in The Express Tribune, September 5^th, 2016.