Pakistan condemns Ramadan attacks

Protesters July 28 rallied in Peshawar, Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Quetta, and Parachinar trade centres and businesses closed for three days as locals mourned the tragedy.
The attack consisted of two blasts. A bomb attached to a motorcycle went off in the Parachinar Bazaar, then another detonated a few hundred metres away near a bus stand on School Road.
Ansar-ul-Mujahideen – a little-known Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)-affiliated militant organisation – claimed responsibility, according to the group's spokesman, Abu Baseer.

Reports of 60 deaths were on the low side, local Parachinar political leader Riaz Ali Turi said. At least 73 people were killed, he said.

Calls for action against terrorists

The attacks caused many to protest and generated calls for authorities to punish the culprits.
Majlis Wadat-ul-Muslimeen, a Shia Muslim organisation, staged a demonstration outside the Peshawar Press Club on July 28 where men and women of multiple generations strongly condemned the killings. They chanted slogans against the terrorists and called on the government to take action.
Majlis Wadat-ul-Muslimeen also held demonstrations outside the Karachi and Lahore press clubs.
"We want a ruthless military operation like that in Swat [in 2009] against the terrorists [in Kurram]," said Allama Khurshid Anwar, president of the Imamia Ulema Council of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
The government needs to take immediate and adequate measures to protect the innocent, Anwar said while condemning the killings.
"Those carrying out the attacks will never succeed in their nefarious designs," he said. "They will be defeated."

Official condemnation

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistani Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, KP Governor Engineer Shaukatullah Khan and KP Chief Minister Pervez Khattak strongly condemned bombings.
"The terrorists are using every tactic for the killing of the innocent people, especially in tribal areas. However, the government will eliminate them soon," Shaukatullah said.
Meanwhile, Mian Iftikhar Hussain, Awami National Party (ANP) spokesman and a staunch opponent of militants, visited Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar to check o