Islamabad July 6, 2008: PPP Co Chairman Senator Asif Ali Zardari has strongly condemned as 'barbaric and cowardly' the bomb attack on peaceful citizens in the Melody Chowk of Islamabad Sunday evening that resulted in the death of over a dozen people and maiming and injury tomany more.

In a statement today the PPP Co-Chairman said that he was shocked over the attack and the depth of degradation to which the perpetrators of such crimes had sunk in the name of religion.

He said that the attack would only strengthen the resolve of the government to confront the militants and extremists head on.

Mr. Asif Zardari also paid tributes to the courage of the police personnel who died in the incident. "They died heroically so that the citizens could live in peace".

He said that those who committed such heinous crimes in the name of religion brought a bad name to religion and alienated the people from it.

Senator Asif Zardari also prayed for those who lost their lives in the attack and speedy recovery to those injured.

"The perpetrators of such barbaric acts must be punished. In the fullness of time, they will be"

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