Summary A massive bomb hidden in a box of fruit killed at least 24 people and injured 98.
KARACHI (Web Desk) – Muttahida Qaumi Leader (MQM) Altaf Hussain today (Wednesday) said that if Taliban area not involved in recent bomb blasts then why the government is holding talks with them, Dunya News reported on Wednesday.
He urged the authorities to take strict action against today’s bomb attack in Sabzi Mandi area of the capital city.
Altaf Hussain said that Taliban have continued bomb attacks and killings of innocent people during ongoing dialogue process with the government.
The government has also released 19 TTP prisoners involved in killings of soldiers, FC, Rangers personnel and other innocent people.
Whereas, the government has also signaled release of 13 other prisoners, he added.
The MQM chief said that Taliban have once against denied recent bomb attack in Islamabad but nation the has right to know that if the TTP is not involved in the these attacks then why the government is holding talks with them.
Pakistan is in peace talks with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which is supposed to be observing a ceasefire until April 10 but is riven with internal divisions.
Militants are demanding the release of hundreds of prisoners and the withdrawal of the army from some of the tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan.
On Tuesday, a bomb blast killed 17 people and injured 29 when it ripped through a passenger train travelling through southern Pakistan on Tuesday, police said.
