RAWALPINDI, Pakistan: Quaid-i-Millat-i-Jafariya Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi while terming the Karachi bomb blast Tuesday an open act of terrorism has strongly condemned the heavy loss of life and expressed deep shock over it.

In a statement issued here, he said the purpose of terrorism in Karachi is to divert the attention of the international relief activities for rehabilitation work to the victims of huge disaster and create hurdles in it because the correct estimates of the losses incurred by the earthquake are yet to made. He said the enemies of humanity who give a blood bath to the innocent citizens deserve no relaxation.

Agha Moosavi lauding the steps taken by President of Pakistan against terrorism has said it is be pondered over that despite enforcement of Anti-Terrorism Act and ban imposed on terrorist groups, dozens of people were martyred in worst bomb blast in the Federal Capital Islamabad at Bari Imam while hundreds of wounded of that incidents were still lying in different hospitals but neither any culprit could be arrested nor any probe commission was set up while no compensation was paid to the bereaved families of martyrs and the injured of the incident.

He said among other things that are responsible for not checking the terrorism are activities of the banned groups with new names and their participation in politics and government functions along with full media coverage. He called upon President Pervez Musharraf to issue orders for tackling with these banned groups with an iron hand.

The TNFJ chief Hamid Moosavi said the enemy should never be considered weak. Side by side with the government, people are also under the obligation to recognise their friends and foes and remain fully alert as only then we can thwart the conspiracy of the enemy by controlling terrorism. He demanded immediate arrest and exemplary punishment for the culprits responsible for the Karachi incident of terrorism and expressed heartfelt sympathy with the bereaved families.