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LHCBA condemns blast

By our correspondents
July 26, 2017

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) Tuesday condemned the Ferozepur Road suicide attack on police personnel and slammed the government for its failure to eradicate terrorism.

Addressing a general house meeting of the bar, president Ch Zulfiqar Ali said the rulers had been spending billions of rupees from the public money for their protection and left the citizens at the mercy of terrorists.He demanded of the government to improve functioning of law enforcement agencies and financial support for the families of the martyred and injured.

Other speakers said if the Rangers were deployed in Punjab like Karachi and Quetta under the National Action Plan 2015, the law and order situation would have been much better. They slammed Nawaz Sharif for allegedly keeping friendly relations with Indian PM Modi. The lawyers lauded the Punjab Police for fighting against terrorists as per their limited resources.