At least 31 people were killed, and more than 169 others were wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in Islamabad during Friday prayers, as the Pakistan defence minister and the prime minister’s office blame “India and its proxies” for the terror attack.

The explosion hit the Imambargah Mosque, a Shia Muslim place of worship in Islamabad’s Shehzad Town area.
A senior police official said the explosion occurred after Friday prayers, when mosques around the country are packed with worshippers.
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif suggested India’s and Afghanistan’s involvement in the attack, saying in a post on X that “it has been proved that the terrorist involved in the attack travelled to and from Afghanistan.”