Islamabad, Feb 14 (Inditop.com) Pakistan Sunday condemned the terror attack in Pune in which nine people were killed and said it was committed to resuming the stalled peace talks with India.
“I condemn the incident in Pune,” Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told reporters here.
“We condemn terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. We want the region to be free from this menace. We want to have good relations with India. We want talks to be meaningful,” Gilani was quoted as saying by the Dawn.
The blast in Pune occurred a day after India and Pakistan agreed to resume their peace talks stalled since the Mumbai terror attack Nov 26, 2008. Both the countries fixed Feb 25 as the date for a meeting at the foreign secretary-level.
A bomb concealed in a backpack went off Saturday evening in a bakery in Pune, killing nine people and injuring 57.
According to police, the blast site was visited by Pakistan-born American Islamist David Headley in 2007-08. Headley, currently lodged in Chicago jail, has been undergoing interrogation for his alleged links with Pakistan’s Lashkar-e-Taiba group.
