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Karachi bus attack an act of cowardice: Sharif

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IANS Islamabad
Last Updated : May 14 2015 | 7:32 PM IST

The Karachi bus attack was an act of cowards and the culprits will be dealt with strictly, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday a day after 46 people were killed in a bus attack.

"All the criminals will be caught soon and punished," the prime minister said while addressing a business ceremony here, Geo News reported.

Sharif added that there was no question of failure in the ongoing Operation Zarb-e-Azb in the North Waziristan Agency.

"We have had several successes in Operation Zarb-e-Azb. The attack in Karachi was cowardly," the prime minister said.

At least 46 people were killed in the attack on Wednesday when gunmen opened indiscriminate fire inside a bus of the Ismaili community.

Sharif had arrived in Karachi following the attack and said tough decisions would now be required to eliminate terrorism from the country.

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First Published: May 14 2015 | 7:28 PM IST

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