lahore, may 27: the suicide attack in the city has widely been condemned by political and reli- gious parties and traders. pml-n chief and former prime minister nawaz sharif con- demned the suicide blast as an unfortunate incident and ex- pressed his sorrows for the loss of lives in it. he appealed to the people to get united against the saboteurs to save the country from explo- sions and killings. governor salmaan taseer ex- pressed his deep sense of sorrow and grief over the loss of pre- cious lives. jamaat-i-islami amir syed munawwar hasan alleged an indian hand in it could not be ruled out. he said it was the third inci- dent in a row as dozens of pre- cious lives had been lost in two earlier attacks on the sri lankan team in liberty and at the manawan police training centre. secretary-general liaquat baloch said the rulers might de- scribe the incident as a “reaction to any action”, but the fact re- mained that anti-pakistan forces, including the us, india and israel, were targeting our sover- eignty and independence. he advised the ruling junta to stop making the nation a fodder for the so-called us war on terror. punjab assembly speaker rana iqbal visited sir ganga ram hospital to inquire after the in- jured. he also visited mayo hospital where around 10 assem- bly employees hurt in the incident had been admitted. opposition leader in punjab assembly chaudhry zaheeruddin said the incident had exposed tall claims of good governance of the shahbaz government. he recalled that the chief min- ister had stated on the occasion of manawan attack that the inci- dent happened because efficient officers posted by the pml-n gov- ernment had been removed in the governor’s rule. he ques- tioned as to why the ugly inci- dents were taking place now when each and every police office had been filled by handpicked of- ficers of the chief minister. punjab ppp president rana aftab and secretary-general samiullah khan also condemned the incident. they said the terrorists, after failing to intimidate the govern- ment in swat, were acting coward- ly but the administration and the people would foil their nefarious designs. pakistan tehrik-i-insaaf chair- man imran khan and provincial chief ahsan rasheed also con- demned the blast and expressed sympathies for the families of the people killed or injured in the incident. the anjuman-i-tajran pakistan also condemned the bombing of rescue 15 building by terrorists. anjuman president haji maqsood, secretary-general abdul razzaq and lahore presi- dent ashraf bhatti said extrem- ists were promoting terrorism to weaken pakistan. the lahore chamber of commerce and industry also de- scribed the destruction of rescue 15 building as a serious security failure. chamber president muzaffar ali said the attack on police offi- ces should serve as an eye-opener for those sitting at the helm of af- fairs as it had shown the vulnera- bility of law enforcement agen- cies to terrorist attacks. he said the government should revamp the intelligence and security network to prevent recurrence of such incidence. the pakistan industrial and traders associations front also condemned the suicide attack and urged the government to bring the culprits to book. piaf chairman irfan qaiser sheikh said in a statement that anti-social elements were trying to destabilise the country by car- rying out subversive activities. he stressed the need for mak- ing maximum allocation of funds for improvement of law and or- der in the coming budget.