International Uproar: UN chief condemns Shia attacks

Ban Ki-moon calls for swift and determined action against those claiming responsibility and perpetrating such actions.


Afp February 19, 2013
Ban Ki-Moon appalled by killings of Shia. PHOTO: AFP/FILE

UNITED NATIONS:


UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon “strongly” condemned the bomb blast in Quetta that killed 81 people, calling on authorities there to act quickly against those responsible, his spokesman Martin Nesirky said Sunday.


Noting that this is the second attack against the minority Shia community in Quetta in the last few weeks, Ban “calls for swift and determined action against those claiming responsibility and perpetrating such actions,” Nesirky said in a statement.

He “reiterates the strong support of the UN for efforts by the Government and people of Pakistan to protect religious and ethnic minorities and to combat the scourge of terrorism.”
(With additional input by News Desk)

Published in The Express Tribune, February 19th, 2013.

COMMENTS (1)

bigsaf | 11 years ago | Reply

He seems to care for the religious and ethnic minorities of Pakistan and show more urgency than a majority of Pakistanis.

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