Emergency services say more than 70 injured at gathering of Jamiat Ulema-e- Islam party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

At least 40 people have been killed in an explosion at a political gathering in Pakistan’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Geo News reported, citing local officials.

The report did not specify a cause of the blast that occurred at a gathering of the conservative Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party, known for its links to hardline Islamism, in the Bajaur district.

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