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Deadly Terror in Pakistan

"Deadly Terror in Pakistan: 54 Killed, Including 23 Children, in Suicide Bombing at Political Rally"


Bomb Blast in Rally


As per Al Jazeera, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a  self-murder bombing in Bajaur, Pakistan on Monday, performing in 54  losses, including 23 children. 


On Sunday, in Bajaur's border  quarter, a  crusade rally was targeted with a bombing, leaving nearly 200 people injured.   According to Al Jazeera, the news branch of the fortified group, Amak, stated in a statement," 


An Islamic State( ISIL) self-murder bomber  exploded snares in his explosive jacket amidst a crowd in Khar  megacity."


Around 400 members of the radical politician Fazlur Rahman's government alliance, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl( JUI- F) party, were  staying for a speech to start when the  bushwhacker, wearing an explosive- laden jacket,  exploded near the stage. 


The event was organized under a massive  roof near a  request, and Rahman decided not to attend. Al Jazeera's report indicates that Rahman had  preliminarily survived two  similar attacks in political rallies in 2011 and 2014.   


On Monday, the police recorded statements from some of the injured at the largest sanitarium in Khar, Bajaur. Provincial Information Minister Firoz Jamali stated that the police are  probing all aspects of the attack.   


According to the police, the  original information about the explosion was reported to theCounter-Terrorism Department on Monday, as  primary  examinations  suggested at the involvement of terrorist groups like ISIS.   


The  self-murder bomber struck when JUI- F members and  sympathizers gathered near the Afghanistan border in Khar  megacity. The conference began around 2 PM and the blast  passed at 410 PM, according to an officer.   


A First Information Report( FIR) has been registered against unknown  individualities under charges of terrorism, murder,  tried murder, and other crimes by the 

Counter-Terrorism Department( CTD).   


According to fresh Inspector- General of Police, Shaukat Abbas,  roughly 10- 12 kilograms of snares were used in the blast.   


Reportedly, JUI- F leader Maulana Fazlur Rahman has requested an  disquisition into the incident from Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and interim Chief Minister Ajam Khan.   


The United States, Russia, and Saudi Arabia have condemned the terrorist attack and expressed their sympathy for the affected families.   


Over the  once time, Pakistan has witnessed an increase in  revolutionist attacks after the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan( TTP) broke its peace agreement with Islamabad. 


According to a recent United Nations Security Council report, the TTP is considering forming a unit with al- Qaeda, accommodating all active terrorist associations in South Asia.   


Whilecross-border  bellicosity continues, Pakistan has been  unprofitable in fulfilling its  pledge to Afghanistan for a long time,  icing that its  home isn't used for terrorism in Islamabad. 

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