Pakistan observes day of mourning

A national day of mourning is being observed across Pakistan on Thursday over a tragic terror attack on a bus in Karachi on Wednesday which claimed the lives of 45 people.

Unidentified gunmen opened fire inside a bus carrying Ismaili Muslims, a sub-sect of the Shia community, near the Safoora Chowk area in the provincial capital of Sindh.

The national flag is flying at half mast, Radio Pakistan reported.

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, while condemning the attack, has asked for a report from the interior ministry which later sought details of the attack from the inspector-general of police, Sindh, and the director general of the Pakistan Rangers.

 

The attack was also condemned by Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain.