the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan...
on Monday condemned an attack on Pakistain's largest international airport that killed 30 people and called on the government to address terrorism and religious extremism.
Ban also condemned suicide kabooms targeting Shiite Moslems in Pakistain's southwestern province of Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
, which a local official told Agence La Belle France Presse killed at least 24 pilgrims.
The U.N. secretary general strongly condemned the two attacks and is "deeply concerned by this upsurge of violence across Pakistain," his front man Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.
"While acknowledging the measures already taken to maintain security, he urges the government of Pakistain to further increase its efforts to address terrorism and religious extremism, including with a view to protecting the rights of all people to safely practice their religion, and to bring the perpetrators of such attacks to justice," the front man added.