INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A blast tore through a mosque on Friday in northwestern Pakistan, police said, injuring an Islamist party leader and three others, including
children.Abdullah Nadeem, a local leader of the Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) political party, was believed to be the target of the blast
and had been hospitalised with serious injuries, said Asif Bahadar, a district police chief in South Waziristan
He said two children were among the injured.It was not immediately clear who was behind the explosion.Attacks have been escalating in
Pakistan&s border regions with Afghanistan in recent months.Last month, a suicide bomber killed six worshippers during Friday prayers at an
Islamic seminary in northwestern Pakistan.This week in southwestern Balochistan, separatist militants hijacked a train and held passengers
hostage in a day-long standoff with security forces.Pakistan has vowed to crack down on growing militancy and has said the militants are
finding safe haven in neighbouring Afghanistan, a charge the Islamic Emirate denies.(Reuters)The post Blast in northwestern Pakistan mosque
injures local Islamist party leader, three others first appeared on Ariana News.
