ISLAMABAD:President Asif Ali Zardari has expressed deep grief over the tragic loss of precious lives in the explosion and fire at a steel plant in Izmir, Trkiye. 'My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families. Our thoughts and prayers are with them in this difficult time. We wish a swift and complete recovery to all those injured,' President Asif Ali Zardari said.

He extended sympathies to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the people of Trkiye, reaffirming Pakistan's solidarity with its brotherly country in this hour of grief.

Meanwhile Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif in his statement said that he was deeply saddened by the tragic loss of precious lives in the explosion at an iron and steel plant in Aliaga, Izmir on Monday.

PM Shehbaz in a statement issued on X wrote 'I extend my heartfelt condolences to my dear brother President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the bereaved families, and the brotherly people of Trkiye on this heartbreaking tragedy. I pray for the swift and complete recovery of the injured. Pakistan stands in full solidarity with our Turkish brothers and sisters in this hour of grief'.

Meanwhile Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar in a statement issued on X said that he was deeply saddened by the loss of precious lives in the industrial explosion in Izmir, Trkiye.

Ishaq Dar wrote 'I extend my heartfelt condolences to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, my brother Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, the people of Turkey and the bereaved families, and pray for the swift recovery of the injured'.

He said that Pakistan stands in solidarity with our Turkish brothers and sisters during this difficult time.