KARACHI: Sindh Rangers have beefed up the security of Imambargahs and mosques in Karachi following a suicide blast in Peshawar mosque that claims lives of at least 44 people.
As per details, the Sindh Rangers tightened the security at imambargahs and mosques and started conducting snap checking across the city to maintain law and order situation.
Modern technology devices are being used during snap checking to verify ‘criminal records’ of citizens.
The development came after a suicide bombing at Peshawar’s Police Lines Mosque earlier in the day left at least 44 people dead and more than 150 injured.
The explosion took place when people gathered in the mosque for afternoon prayers.
Peshawar Commissioner Riaz Mehsood confirmed the casualties, adding that a rescue operation was under way inside the mosque as a number of people were buried under the rubble.
According to security officials, the suicide attacker was present in the front row during the prayers when he exploded himself, injuring dozens of faithful offering Zuhr prayers.
The outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had taken responsibility for the attack.
Earlier in the day, the Islamabad police also put the security of the federal capital on high alert. The Islamabad Capital Territory police tightened security at the entry and exit points of the federal capital.
