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Pakistani Prime Minister Cancels UK Visit Over Lahore Terrorist Attack

© REUTERS / Mohsin RazaRescue workers move a body from the site of a blast outside a public park in Lahore, Pakistan
Rescue workers move a body from the site of a blast outside a public park in Lahore, Pakistan - Sputnik International
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Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has canceled his upcoming official visit to the United Kingdom due to a suicide blast in the city of Lahore, local media reported Monday.

Pakistani police officers and rescue workers gather at the site of bomb explosion in a park in Lahore, Pakistan - Sputnik International
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NEW DELHI (Sputnik) — Sharif was set to hold talks with his UK counterpart David Cameron in London later in the day before heading to Washington to participate in the Nuclear Security Summit to be held March 30 — April 1, the News International newspaper said.

The visit of the Pakistani senior official to the United States will go as planned, the media outlet added.

At least 69 people, including more than 20 children, were reportedly killed and over 300 people were injured in Sunday’s terrorist attack in Pakistan. Militants affiliated with Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

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