At least 40 people have been killed and more than 130 injured in a bomb blast at a political rally in northwestern Pakistan.
The blast took place on Sunday at a gathering of the conservative Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) party on the outskirts of Khar in Pakistan’s northwestern Bajur district, which borders Afghanistan.
Riaz Anwar, the health minister for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said 44 people had been confirmed killed and over 100 wounded.
Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari “expressed deep sorrow over the loss of precious lives”, his Pakistan Peoples Party said in a statement.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but local authorities said the explosion was caused by a suicide bomb.
