ISLAMABAD: Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz and Foreign Affairs Special Assistant Syed Tariq Fatemi, on Friday, expressed their condolences on the death of five Emirati diplomats in the Kandahar bomb attack. The officials visited the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) embassy in the capital for the purpose of showing their support for their contemporaries, who died in the attack on Wednesday. The Ambassador of the UAE in Afghanistan was also injured in the attack. According to a statement from the foreign office, Sartaj and Fatemi signed the condolence book placed in the Embassy. While strongly condemning the terrorist attack, they mentioned that the government and people of Pakistan had been deeply saddened by the tragic incident. They expressed grief over the unfortunate nature of the incident, that diplomats of a friendly country had been targeted while they were on a humanitarian mission for the benefit of common people. While offering their condolences and prayers for the ‘Maghfirah’ of the departed souls, they also prayed for the quick recovery of Ambassador Juma Mohammad Abdullah Al Kaabi. The diplomats added that Pakistan stood shoulder to shoulder with the leadership and people of UAE in their hour of grief. They pointed out that the UAE had remained at the forefront of humanitarian assistance in the world, while adding that Pakistan considered an attack on those seeking to alleviate human suffering as an attack on humanity itself. “Pakistan also condemns this heinous atrocity in the strongest possible terms while reiterating its unwavering solidarity with the UAE in countering terrorism in all its forms and manifestations,” they said.