The blast, which ripped through a Sunni mosque inside a major police facility in the city of Peshawar, was one of the deadliest attacks on Pakistani security forces in recent years. 9News
reflects "security lapses," current and former officials said as the death toll from the devastating blast climbed to 100 on Tuesday.which ripped through a Sunni mosque inside a major police facility in the city of Peshawar,It left as many as 225 wounded, some still in serious condition in hospital, according to Kashif Aftab Abbasi, a senior officer in Peshawar.
Rescue workers conduct an operation to clear the rubble and search for bodies at the site of Monday's suicide bombing."Yes, it was a security lapse," said Ghulam Ali, the provincial governor in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, of which Peshawar is the capital."There was a security lapse and the inspector-general of the police has set up an inquiry committee, which will look into all aspects of the bombing," he said.
Kamran Bangash, a provincial secretary-general with opposition party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf called for an investigation and said Pakistan will continue to face political instability so long as the current government is in power. Sharif visited a hospital in Peshawar after the bombing and vowed "stern action" against those behind the attack.
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