Dozens dead after Pakistan rocked by bombings in two provinces

More than 50 people were killed and many others injured in bomb attacks in two different Pakistan provinces, officials have said.

More than 50 people were killed and many others injured in bomb attacks in two different Pakistan provinces, officials have said.

In the southwestern province of Balochistan, a powerful bomb exploded on Friday near a mosque in Mastung city, where people were gathering to celebrate the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad.

Video footage shared on social media showed a large number of people, including many children, standing near the mosque before the bomb blast ripped through the crowd.

No one has claimed responsibility, officials in Mastung said, adding that the blast was caused by suicide bombers.

Mastung police official Javed Lehri said that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an outlawed group also known as Pakistan Taliban, claimed it had “nothing to do with the attack”.