Pakistan’s PM cancels U.S. visit over Lahore bomb
Dushanbe, 29.03.2016. (NIAT “Khovar”). – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has cancelled a visit to the United States after a Taliban suicide bomber killed nearly 70 in Lahore, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday. It was reported by Xinhua News Agency.
The prime minister was scheduled to leave for Washington on Monday to represent Pakistan at a nuclear summit.
«In view of the terrorist attack in Lahore, which took a heavy toll on the lives of innocent citizens of Pakistan and caused injuries to scores of people, the Prime Minister has decided to cancel his visit to Washington to attend the Nuclear Security Summit,» the Foreign Ministry said.
The Pakistan’s delegation to the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington will now be led by the Minister of State and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, Syed Tariq Fatemi, the ministry said in a statement.
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