JNN 07.10.10 KARACHI: At least ten people have been killed and over 80 others wounded in three explosions near Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine late Thursday evening.
Rescue teams and law enforcement agencies have reached the spot. The area has been cordoned off by the police and the rangers. Police have found the head of the suicide bomber.
Rescues and hospital sources said that the injured include women and children. The death toll can rise as several injured are in critical condition.
The first blast took place at the walk-through gate and the second blast occurred within the next few minutes outside the office of the Manager Auqaf in the shrine premises.
Sindh Home Minister Dr. Zulfiqar Mirza has confirmed blasts as suicidal.
He visited the shrine with other high officials and gathered information.
More than 50 injured including women and children have been taken to Jinnah Post-Graduate Medical Centre.
Federal Minister for Religious Affiars, Hamid Saeed Kazmi, condemning the suicide blasts at Ghazi’s shrine said that suicide bombers are not Muslims.
“Fool proof security was provided at Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine. We can’t provide more security.” Zulifqar Mirza said, “I want closure of all shrines at least for a year. Terrorists want to destabilize the country.”
Security has been beefed up across the city, especially at shrines situated in different areas. All shrines in the city have been closed upon the orders of Sindh’s Home Minister.
Born in 109 Hijra, Abdullah Shah Ghazi, according to devotees, was a grandson of Hazrat Imam Hassan (AS). He migrated to Karachi in 138 Hijra during the Umayyad dynasty. Considering him a threat to their dynasty, the rulers hunted and martyred him with his many followers in 151 Hijra. His followers chose the hillock for his burial.
At that time, the hillock was surrounded by the sea and potable water was not available. Devotees believe that it was his miracle that a fountain of drinking water emerged from the bottom of the hill that continues to flow to this day.
LAHORE
Security has been beefed up in Lahore soon after the blasts at Ghazi’s shrine.
Law enforcement agencies have been deployed at sensitive places including Bibi Pak Daman’s shrine and Data Darbar. Visitors are not allowed to visit Bibi Pak Daman’s shrine
Thousands of people visit the shrine on Thursday night.
An emergency has been imposed in the city’s major hospitals.
Bilawal House, President Asif Ali Zardari’s house, is near the shrine.And President Asif Ali zardari was present in his Clifton Residence at the time of the Blast .
Tehrik e Taliban have claimed the responsibility of the Twin Suicide Attacks at the shrine of the Abdullah Shah Ghazi.
These Bombing and attacks in Pakistan has opened the eyes of Majority Population of Pakistan . As Pakistan and its forces took part in the break away and cleansing of Russian forces from Afghanistan, and the Breakaway of the former USSR for which all the benefits were enjoyed by the Planner of whole of this episode the Americans which are here in our neighboring Afghanistan now for at least 8 years with about more than two Hundred thousand american and allied forces personnel presence in Afghanistan on the plea of just for the elimination of Mullah Omar and Osama Bin Laden, who is a listed CIA agent , and this Prove either the greatest super Power has miserably failed to apprehend these criminal while having the best intelligence agency CIA , on there side , but still no one of such a high value target has been achieved by them , Or it shows that they have never come to catch Osama Bin Laden or Mullah Omer, but they have come here to destabilize and disintegrate Pakistan , with the help of there created and financed TTP, SSP, , Lashkar e Jhangve and groups like Jundullah who are bombing and fighting a gurilla warfare in Pakistan.
Which is on One side trying to Destabilize and Disintegrate Pakistan the Only Nuclear Power in the Islamic World , and on the other hand trying to defame Islam , as it is known to be the fastest growing religion in the world.