NA member's house bombed

BHAKKAR  - A suicide bomber killed 26 people and over 70 others were injured, many of them critically, on Monday in the latest attack to underscore the threat posed by Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants.

The attacker blew himself up in a crowd of people at the house of Rashid Akbar Khan Nawani, an MNA from Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, in the town of Bhakkar, police and hospital officials said.

It was a suicide attack, the head of the bomber has been recovered. The Interior Ministry has confirmed the deaths of 20 people but put the number of injured at 35.  

The MNA was among the injured. Some of the wounded are in serious condition, DSP Bhakkar Khadim Hussain said. He said people were exchanging Eid greetings with the MNA at the time of the blast.