Overview
- Funeral prayers drew thousands under heavy guard after the blast at the Khadija Tul Kubra imambargah during Friday prayers, with hospitals still treating many of the roughly 170 wounded.
- Investigators say the bomber was identified via an ID card as Yasir, 32, from Peshawar, with initial findings indicating recent months spent in Afghanistan for training.
- Security forces conducted overnight raids in Islamabad, Peshawar and Nowshera, arresting relatives and alleged facilitators; officials report an officer was killed and an Afghan-linked suspected mastermind was detained.
- Pakistan’s defence minister alleged cross‑border involvement and referenced India and Afghanistan, claims publicly rejected by New Delhi and criticized by Kabul’s Taliban authorities.
- The attack, claimed by the Islamic State’s local branch on Amaq/Telegram, is the deadliest in the capital in more than a decade and has intensified fears of renewed urban militant violence.