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Pakistan’s Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has strongly criticized the suicide attack in the Shia Mosque of Islamabad. He has called it a cowardly act. The attack took place at Shia Imam Bargah in Islamabad on Friday (February 6, 2026), when a large number of people were present there to offer Friday prayers. So far 31 people have lost their lives and 169 have been injured in this attack.
Ishaq Dar has posted a post on social media platform X regarding suicide attack. In the post, Ishaq Dar wrote, ‘I strongly condemn the cowardly suicide attack on innocent worshipers who had come to offer Friday prayers at Shia Imam Bargah. Committing such heinous crimes by targeting religious places and civilians is against humanity and a gross violation of Islamic principles. Pakistan is united against every form of terrorism. This barbarity will not deter us and the extremists will definitely have to face the consequences.
According to Pakistani newspaper Dawn, the news of the blast has been received from Tarlai Imambara located in Shahzad Town area of Islamabad. After the incident, the entire area has been surrounded by security forces. Police and rescue teams have reached the spot and started the rescue operation.
Emergency has been imposed in the capital’s Polyclinic, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) and CDA Hospital. On the instructions of the Executive Director (ED) of PIMS, emergency has been imposed in the hospital. A spokesperson said that the main emergency, orthopedic, burn center and neurology departments have been activated.
Hum Media House quoted Islamabad District Administration as saying that about 10 injured have been shifted to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences. The injured are being taken to different hospitals for treatment. Officials said that the area around the blast site has been completely sealed as the rescue operation and investigation continues.