PPP delegation visits victims of Youhanabad bomb blasts, expresses solidarity with Christians

As per direction of the Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo, President PPP Central Punjab, a representative delegation of the PPP Punjab visited General Hospital, Lahore, today to convey the best wishes of Chairman Bilawal Bhutto, Co-Chairman Asef Ali Zardari and Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo, for the persons of the Christian community who were injured in the abhorrent terrorist attack on Youhannabad Churches the other day.

The members of the delegation presented bouquets to the wounded persons on behalf of the Party top leadership and prayed for their early recovery.

The delegation also enquired about the health of the injured police constable and paid rich tributes to the bravery of him and his martyred colleagues who successfully prevented the entry of suicide bombers into the Churches and thus saved hundreds of precious lives of Christian community.

The PPP delegation included, Jahanara M Wattoo, Head S Media Punjab, Raja Amir Khan Information Secretary Punjab, Haider Zaman Qureshi Senior Vice President South Punjab, Dewan Ghulam Mohiuddin Dy Gen Sec, Sohial Malik Vice President Punjab, Allama Yousaf Awan President Ulma Wing, Mian Abdul Waheed, Junaid Qaiser, Ahsan Abbas Rizvi, Ali Asghar Awan, Aamir Sohail Butt, Mujtaba Subhani, Dr Ajmal Khan, Giffson Sabir, Usman Awan and representatives of the PPP minorities wing visited General Hospital today and inquired about the health of victims of Youhanabad incident and presented them bouquets. Haider Zaman Qureshi represented Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood president South Punjab.

The delegation strongly condemned the twin suicide attacks on churches at Youhanabad, which claimed 15 innocents lives and injured scores of people on Sunday. And expressed grief and sorrow over the lost of innocent lives as well as expressed solidarity with the deceased families and prayed for the early recovery of the injured. The delegation maintained that the Pakistani nation is standing with its Christian brethren in their hour of difficulty.

Talking to media after inquiring about health of the injured, Jahanara M Wattoo said that the religious minorities in Punjab was victim of terrorism because of the anti-minorities policies of the PMLN. She said that the PPP was with their Christian brethrens in the time of grief and sorrow and was standing with the Christian brethrens over this tragic incident. She has demanded the Punjab government to take immediate action against those responsible for this dastardly attack against vulnerable Pakistani citizens in their places of worship.