14 dead in D.I Khan explosion

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Fourteen people were killed and several injured when a blast occurred in a funeral procession in Dera Ismail Khan on Friday.

According to reports, a suicide blast occurred near imam bargah Kotli Imam Hussain when hundreds of people were attending the funeral procession of a person Sher Zaman, who was shot dead in a target killing incident yesterday.

The injured were shifted to district headquarter hospital. Situation become tense in the city and all markets have been closed after the blast.

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has strongly condemned the explosion.

source : jang.com.pk

Millions of mourners attending Imam Hussain chehlum in Karbala

KARBALA: Millions of mourners have gathered in Iraqi city of Karbala to observe the chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain.

After dozens of people were killed in three successive attacks at the mourners during the last few days, the government has taken strict security measures and deployed 40,000 Iraqi army troops in Karbala where millions of mourners are taking part in the chehlum.

They are expressing their feelings of sorrow and sadness through performing sozkhani and chestbeating over the martyrdom of Imam Hussain.

Hazrat Hussain along with his sons and other family members and friends was martyred by Yazid’s army on Muharram 10, 0061 Hijrah.