Overview
- Both houses passed unanimous condemnation resolutions, with the Senate urging an immediate judicial commission comprising retired senior judges, security agencies and parliamentary representatives.
- The National Assembly’s resolution seeks decisive action against planners, facilitators and sponsors, a permanent security plan for places of worship, and compensation and medical care for victims.
- Officials say investigators arrested the alleged mastermind and facilitators; the bomber was identified as a Pakistani reportedly trained by IS in Afghanistan, and an Afghan suspect was among those detained.
- The Islamic State group claimed responsibility, while Kabul and New Delhi condemned the attack and rejected Pakistani allegations of involvement.
- Authorities report at least 33 dead and about 169 injured in the deadliest attack in Islamabad in more than a decade, as security is tightened and leaders press claims that Afghan soil is used and India wages a proxy war.