<p>A suicide bomber detonated his explosives when police guards prevented him from entering the Pir Alam Shah Bukhari 'imambargah' or Shia prayer hall in PoK capital Muzaffarabad.<br /><br />A provincial minister said 10 people were killed and 30 more injured in the attack.<br />The imambargah is located in a high-security area near a military hospital. The injured were taken to the hospital.<br /><br />Witnesses said scores of people were present in the imambargah, one of the largest Shia prayer halls in Muzaffarabad, for a gathering organised to mark the Islamic month of Muharram.<br /><br />In Karachi, 16 people were injured when a bomb went off near a Shia procession in Qasba More area. Police described the blast as a low intensity explosion. Ambulances rushed the injured to a nearby hospital.<br /><br />Karachi police chief Waseem Ahmed said the nature of the blast was yet to be determined. Both attacks occurred almost simultaneously shortly before 7 pm. <br />Police and paramilitary Pakistan Rangers cordoned off the area.<br /><br /> The explosion was followed by firing in the area, TV news channels reported.<br />However, it was not clear who had opened fire.<br /><br />People also protested against police for failing to protect the procession.<br />Karachi has not been affected by a recent wave of bombings and suicide attacks that has killed over 500 people across Pakistan.<br /><br />However, the port city has often witnessed sectarian violence during Muharram, which is a period of mourning for the minority Shia community.<br /><br />Nineteen people were injured when a car bomb went off near a Shia procession in Karachi last night.<br /><br />The blast took place on Saturday near a graveyard in Paposh Nagar area just two days ahead of the 10th day of Muharram processions.<br /><br />A senior police official said that initial inquiry showed that the bomb was a home-made device and planted in the car which was gutted after the explosion.<br />"It apparently was an attempt to target Shia Muslims as a Muharram procession was due to pass from the area where the explosion took place," police official Raja Umar Khattab said. </p>
<p>A suicide bomber detonated his explosives when police guards prevented him from entering the Pir Alam Shah Bukhari 'imambargah' or Shia prayer hall in PoK capital Muzaffarabad.<br /><br />A provincial minister said 10 people were killed and 30 more injured in the attack.<br />The imambargah is located in a high-security area near a military hospital. The injured were taken to the hospital.<br /><br />Witnesses said scores of people were present in the imambargah, one of the largest Shia prayer halls in Muzaffarabad, for a gathering organised to mark the Islamic month of Muharram.<br /><br />In Karachi, 16 people were injured when a bomb went off near a Shia procession in Qasba More area. Police described the blast as a low intensity explosion. Ambulances rushed the injured to a nearby hospital.<br /><br />Karachi police chief Waseem Ahmed said the nature of the blast was yet to be determined. Both attacks occurred almost simultaneously shortly before 7 pm. <br />Police and paramilitary Pakistan Rangers cordoned off the area.<br /><br /> The explosion was followed by firing in the area, TV news channels reported.<br />However, it was not clear who had opened fire.<br /><br />People also protested against police for failing to protect the procession.<br />Karachi has not been affected by a recent wave of bombings and suicide attacks that has killed over 500 people across Pakistan.<br /><br />However, the port city has often witnessed sectarian violence during Muharram, which is a period of mourning for the minority Shia community.<br /><br />Nineteen people were injured when a car bomb went off near a Shia procession in Karachi last night.<br /><br />The blast took place on Saturday near a graveyard in Paposh Nagar area just two days ahead of the 10th day of Muharram processions.<br /><br />A senior police official said that initial inquiry showed that the bomb was a home-made device and planted in the car which was gutted after the explosion.<br />"It apparently was an attempt to target Shia Muslims as a Muharram procession was due to pass from the area where the explosion took place," police official Raja Umar Khattab said. </p>