Beijing: China's top legislator Zhang Dejiang Monday pledged stronger ties with Pakistan in a meeting with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan Rashad Mahmood in Beijing.

Zhang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), strongly condemned the suicide bombing in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore that left at least 55 dead and 118 others injured, and extended condolences to the victims, Xinhua reported.