At least 30 people, including women and children, have been killed and over 100 others injured in a huge bomb explosion in Pakistan’s Balochistan province.
The blast hit Shah Noorani shrine in Lasbella district on Saturday evening, Balochistan's Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti said.
The shrine is located about 100 kilometers north of the port city of Karachi.
The injured, he added, would be taken to hospitals in Lasbela, Khuzdar or Civil Hospital in Karachi as there are no medical centers available in the area.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif denounced the bomb attack, calling on authorities to speed up the rescue operation.
Reports say some 500 people were in the shrine when the bomb went off.
"Every day, around sunset, there is a dhamaal (a Sufi ritual dance) here, and there are large numbers of people who come for this," said Nawaz Ali, the shrine's custodian.
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