22 people killed in Pakistan blast
Islamabad: At least 23 people were killed and over 40 others injured on Wednesday in a bomb blast that ripped through a bustling fruit market on the outskirts of Islamabad.
The blast occurred in the fruit market in Sector I-11 of the capital, bordering the garrison city of Rawalpindi.
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Vice Chancellor Prof Javed Akram confirmed the death toll.
Security officials and the police have cordoned off the area and the Bomb Disposal Squad is combing the area for other explosive devices.
The blast comes a month after the deadly terror attack on a Court premises in the federal capital.
The attacks come even as the government and the banned Taliban are in talks with each other to end the cycle of violence that has engulfed the country over the past one decade. The Taliban has announced a ceasefire till April 10.
