Musharraf condemns Lahore attack, says Pakistan 'ashamed'

Islamabad, Mar 6 (PTI) The whole of Pakistan is "ashamed"
that Sri Lankan cricket team came under a terrorist attack on
its soil, says former President Pervez Musharraf.

"It is very bad for cricket and sports in Pakistan," he
told reporters at the airport here before embarking on a visit
to New Delhi.

Musharraf's remarks came three days after a group of 12
heavily-armed terrorists ambushed the Sri Lankan cricket
team's bus in Lahore, leaving seven players and an assistant
coach injured, and eight people dead.

Musharraf said the attack was "condemnable" and "the
whole of Pakistan is ashamed that such an incident occurred
here."

The former military ruler, however, said he did not want
to draw comparisons between the handling of terrorism by his
regime and the current Pakistan People's Party-led government.

Musharraf Thursday blasted Pakistani security forces for
not reacting swiftly to the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket
team and taking the terrorists head-on.

"Our reaction should have been much better," Musharraf
had said, adding it appeared that the security personnel
assigned to guard the cricket team lacked proper training.

"If this was the elite force, I would expect them to have
shot down those people who attacked (the cricket team)," he
had said.

Musharraf left here for New Delhi Friday afternoon to
participate in the 'India Today' conclave. PTI RHL
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