Blast kills 10 near a mosque in Balochistan

At least 10 people were killed and several others injured in an explosion near a mosque in Balochistan's Mastung area shortly after Friday prayers.

Geo News quoted Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) leader Maulana Abdul Malik, as saying that Deputy Chairman Senate Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri had been injured in the incident.

He added that the bomb was targeted at a vehicle carrying Haideri.

Geo News, quoting sources, said Haideri has been shifted to a civil hospital.

Further updates are awaited.

-ANI