Pakistan minister condemns shrine bombers

Pakistan’s Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed condemned the attackers who carried out today's blast at an Islamabad shrine as “enemies of Pakistan and Islam”.

Pakistan’s Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed condemned the attackers who carried out today's blast at an Islamabad shrine as “enemies of Pakistan and Islam”.

He said it appeared to be a suicide attack and at least 14 people had died.

Other reports put the death toll at 20.

Major Tubassam Zaheer, a bomb disposal expert, said his team was collecting body parts and clothes of the victims to help determine what type of explosives were used in the attack.

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