Officials say a suicide bomber blew himself up at the gates of a Shiite mosque in Islamabad, killing dozens of people during Friday prayers.

The attack comes less than three months after a suicide blast outside a court in Islamabad and coincided with the ongoing state visit of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

Islamabad: The United States Embassy in Pakistan has issued a security alert on Friday for American citizens following reports of a suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in the Tarlai Kalan area on the outskirts of Islamabad.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defence, responding to recent remarks by Pakistan’s defence minister linking Friday’s explosion in Islamabad to Afghanistan, has said that such statements and the attribution of the attack to Afghanistan have no logic or factual basis.

Islamabad reeled on Friday after a devastating suicide bombing tore through a crowded mosque in the heart of the capital, killing at least 69 people and injuring more than 170. The deadly strike, one of the worst in recent years,

The Islamic State Pakistan Province (ISPP) claimed responsibility via Amaq for Friday's deadly suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in Islamabad, naming attacker Saifullah Ansari. The blast at Imam Bargah Qasr-e-Khadijatul Kubra during prayers killed at least 31.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Uzbekistan on Thursday agreed to elevate bilateral trade to $2 billion over the next five years, signing 29 memoranda of understanding (MoUs) and agreements on the first day of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s two-day state visit to Islamabad.