| A worshiper was killed and 19 injured in a bomb blast in Ameer Hamza Khan mosque in Dera Ismail Khan (DI Khan) district on Thursday, District Coordination Officer (DCO) Mohsin Shah said. Shah said unidentified men hurled a hand grenade inside the mosque where people were offering their Maghrib prayers. The Cantonment police rushed to the site and cordoned off the area. Shah said the condition of four of the injured was critical. Meanwhile, emergency had been imposed at all hospitals in DI Khan and doctors who had been on leave were called in for duty. The DCO said security had been beefed up and police had been deployed on entry and exit points of the city to arrest the perpetrators. National Assembly Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi has strongly condemned the attack.In his message, the deputy speaker said it was a shameful act of terrorism, which reflected the inhuman nature of the perpetrators. |