DM Monitoring
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari, Tuesday, expressed deep sorrow over the explosion at a fireworks factory in Liuyang, Hunan Province of China, which caused heavy casualties and injuries.
“He conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and expressed solidarity with all those affected by the tragedy and wished a swift recovery to the injured,” the President Secretariat Media Wing said in a press release.
Earlier, The president expressed solidarity with Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Chinese people during this challenging time and extended his sympathies over the loss of lives and injuries.
Earlier, Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged all-out efforts to search for people who are still unaccounted for and save the injured after an explosion at a fireworks plant in central China’s Hunan province on Monday afternoon left at least 26 people killed and 61 others injured.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, issued an instruction ordering strengthened risk screening and hazard control in key sectors, enhanced public safety management, and efforts to safeguard people’s lives and property.
The Chinese leader demanded proper handling of the aftermath and a prompt investigation into the accident, stressing that those responsible must be held accountable.
Authorities across regions and departments must draw profound lessons from the accident and reinforce responsibility for workplace safety, he stressed.
Premier Li Qiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, urged efforts to strengthen workplace safety in key industries and sectors, and resolutely prevent the occurrence of major accidents.
