Deadly blast in Pakistani mosque

At least 30 people have been killed and 150 others injured after a bomb exploded inside a Shia mosque, 60km south of the Pakistani capital Islamabad, officials say.

Sunday's blast in the city of Chakwal came a day after eight paramilitary soldiers were killed in a suicide attack in Islamabad.

Rescue authorities are still searching through the wreckage where the explosion occurred during a religious congregation.

Kamal Hyder, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Pakistan, said security officials suspected a suicide bomber behind the blast.

He said the mosque was packed with people at the time of the explosion.

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Pakistani policemen on guard in Chakwal, some 100 km from Islamabad in 2008.

Agencies

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