Turkey condemns blasts in Pakistan

Turkey has condemned separate blasts in Pakistan, Anadolu Agency reported. In a written statement released on Friday, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said that the three separate blasts in Quetta city of the Pakistani province of Balochistan that killed at least 120 and wounded around 250 people, and a bombing in the northwest city of Mingora in Swat that killed 22 people and wounded 47 others was learned "with deep sadness". Turkey strongly condemns Thursday's terror incidents in Pakistan that targeted the tranquility and stability of the country in particular before the elections and wishes God's mercy to those killed, offers condolences to the families of the dead and wishes speedy recovery to those wounded, the MFA statement said. "We express one more time our solidarity with the friendly and brotherly people of Pakistan and government, and believe that they will overcome those hard times in unity," the statement also said.