KP PA passes resolution condemning Christchurch attack; appreciates solidarity gesture of NZ PM

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Monday unanimously passed resolution praising Prime Minister of New Zealand for expressing full solidarity with Muslims in the wake of gruesome attack on two mosques and declared the incident as act of terrorism.

The joint resolution moved by Nighat Aurakzai of PPP, expressed sympathy and solidarity with victims’ families in this hour of grief.

The resolution called on the provincial government to take up the issue with the federal government and condemn all those countries including India and Israel and others which said that the person involved in mass killing was not a terrorist but a mentally sick person.

The resolution further demanded that those countries should be informed through Foreign Office that the attacker was a terrorist and should be punished as per laws for terrorists.