UN chief urges Pakistan to address terrorism

UN chief Ban Ki-moon today condemned an attack on Pakistan's largest international airport that killed 30 people and called on the government to address terrorism and religious extremism.
Ban also condemned suicide attacks targeting Shiite Muslims in Pakistan's southwestern province of Baluchistan, which a local official told AFP killed at least 24 pilgrims.
The UN secretary general strongly condemned the two attacks and is "deeply concerned by this upsurge of violence across Pakistan," his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.
"While acknowledging the measures already taken to maintain security, he urges the government of Pakistan to further increase its efforts to address terrorism and religious extremism, including with a view to protecting the rights of all people to safely practice their religion, and to bring the perpetrators of such attacks to justice," the spokesman added.