Hiroshima Day today

To mark the day, the Organising Committee for World Conference against Atom and Hydrogen Bombs has arranged elaborate programmes at Hiroshima-Nagasaki in Japan to show respect to the victims and sympathy for those who are still alive.

Peace Council President Ali Aksad and General Secretary Kamal Hyder in a joint statement said "We express our solidarity with the programme and reiterate our demand for banning nuclear weapons and implementation of Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)".

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They termed the bombing by USA on August 6 at Hiroshima and on August 9 at Nagasaki, just before the end of the World War II in 1945 as the greatest tragedy in the history of mankind. They also wished the world conference a success.