thank you, jon. at least 38 people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a political rally in north western pakistan. more than 100 other were injured in the blast in bajaur district. 0ur pakistan correspondent, caroline davies, has this report. a sunday afternoon political rally by one of pakistan s biggest religious parties, jamiat ulema e islam. hundreds crowded in. flags, chants. then the explosion. imran mahir was one of the rally s organisers, on stage at the time it happened. his ears are still ringing from the blast. what do you remember after the explosion?
jamiat ulema e islam. hundreds crowded in. flags, chants. then the explosion. imran mahir was one of the rally s organisers, on stage at the time it happened. his ears are still ringing from the blast. what do you remember after the explosion? translation: it was all injured people around, l all dead bodies and flesh. it was like doomsday. local people tried to help the injured. there were not enough ambulances, so people were taking their own cars. he says that several people around him died. he isn t sure why he survived. these pictures show some of the chaos. stretchered or carried by any hands that could offer help. the district hospital declared a health emergency, and a call was put out for blood donations. as the wards filled up, some were taken by helicopter to nearby peshawar.