“Repeated blasts in Pakistan failure of security agencies”

All Pakistan Business Forum (APBF) has strongly condemned the bomb blasts in hospital in Quetta, leaving more than 50 dead and scores of injured, urging the government to focus on law and order situation.

APBF President Ibrahim Qureshi said that the blast in hospital of the city reflected failure of the security agencies and an eye opener for those who were sitting at the helm of affairs. He said special measures were needed to cope with deteriorating law and order situation as anti-social elements were hell-bent to destabilize Pakistan for their ulterior motives.

He condemned the deadly blasts and urged all the parties to take unified stand to weed out the menace of terrorism and termed the incident a cowardly act and an ugly attempt to de-stabilize country aimed at creating an impression of unsafe place in the eyes of international community.

He said the government would have to revisit and redesign its anti-terrorism policy as the existing methodology had failed to curb the acts of terror in the country. He urged the government to cope with law and order related incidents that had jolted the very basis of the country. He said it was very strange that despite all our efforts, terrorists were attacking the place of their choice and killing innocent people.

Ibrahim Qureshi said that any further delay in taking a strong stand against terrorists would cause undue damage to the country.

Criticizing the attack, he said foreign investment was already at the lowest ebb. This incident is an eye-opener for the entire nation, necessitating that all the segments of the society should exhibit unity while contributing to the government efforts to pre-empt the acts of anti-Pakistan elements, he added. He demanded of the government to bring the culprits to the justice and ensure foolproof security of the foreigners.

APBF president said that it was the responsibility of all stakeholders to devise a mechanism to secure the nation’s future and prevent terrorists from executing their nefarious designs. He said that such acts of terrorism took a heavy toll on business and investment activities in the country; therefore, a comprehensive solution to the issue was need of the hour to put the economy on the path to sustainable growth.