Local authorities say blast occurred in a busy commercial area, causing widespread panic and destruction

Punjab chief minister says she had decided to withdraw all Basant activities scheduled for the day in light of the tragic incident

Police say explosion took place during Friday prayers at Imambargah Khadijat-ul-Kubra in Tarlai area

Sindh Home Minister Zia-ul-Hassan Lanjar reveals terrorists had contacted the girl via social media, fed her misleading narratives, and gradually radicalised her mindset

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police say motorcycle was stolen from Rawalpindi, and a theft FIR had already been registered at relevant police station

Rescue teams and ambulances reached site within minutes, and shifted injured to Lady Reading Hospital (LRH)

Sajidullah, alias “Sheena,” identified as the handler of the suicide bomber, confessed that TTP/Fitnah-ul-Khawarij commander Saeed-ur-Rehman, alias “Dadaullah” — a resident of Charmang, Bajaur, currently based in Afghanistan and acting as TTP’s intelligence chief for Bajaur’s Nawagai region — had instructed him via the Telegram app to carry out a suicide attack in Islamabad to cause maximum casualties among law enforcement personnel

Security forces carried out a major intelligence-based operation in Bajaur’s Gudar village, killing 22 Khawarij militants and injuring several others, according to security sources

13 injured under treatment; global powers condemn Islamabad attack.