Dozens killed and more than 100 injured by bomb at political rally in Pakistan

An ambulance carries injured people after a bomb explosion in the Bajur district in Pakistan (Rescue 1122 Head Quarters via AP)

A bomb at a rally being held by supporters of a hardline cleric and political leader in Pakistan has killed at least 35 and injured more than 100 people.

Senior police officer Nazir Khan said the workers convention of Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s Jamiat Ulema Islam party was taking place on the outskirts of Khar, the capital of Bajur district near the country’s border with Afganistan, when the explosion took place.