concern. have we heard other neighbouring countries? iran has condemned neighbouring countries? iran has condemned this neighbouring countries? iran has condemned this blast neighbouring countries? iran has condemned this blast and - neighbouring countries? iran has condemned this blast and they . condemned this blast and they offered their condolences. iran is on the other side of pakistan, and also, the taliban spokesperson, they have offered their condolences and they also wish a speedy recovery for those injured, and in this particular bomb blast, this condemnation has come from all across pakistan, cutting across various political parties and the united states embassy in islamabad has also tweeted condemning this incident. ., ~ has also tweeted condemning this incident. ., ,, , ., , has also tweeted condemning this incident. ., ~ , ., , . for that update. earlier the bbc spoke to senior analyst for pakistan news channel geo mazhar abbas. this is the worst attack. it is ju
well, this islamist political party is called jamiat ulema e islam fazl. it is that a member of the governing coalition at the national level. it is an influential political party in pakistan, there have been a number of rallies across the country over the years. they are seen as a hard line political party. this is not the first time they were under attack. some of the leaders were attacked a couple of years ago, they also came under attack in 2014, the leader of the group came under a suicide attack, but he escaped very narrowly. so there have been attacks on them claimed by the islamic state group in south asia chapter and also another muslim extremist group because they think this political party is not truly islamic, and that has been a controversy going on in pakistan, but this is a rude awakening and shock to political parties because the elections
are later this year, expected to be held later this year, so this is outraged by the political party to reach out to the supporters in this district which is on the border with afghanistan. so it is a big security concern for the pakistani government as various political parties, they want to get in touch with people by organising these kinds of rallies and energising their workers, working out strategies how to reach out to people. so it is a big concern for the government and the political parties. we know there have been several attacks. is there any connection to any recent ones that have gone on? there has been an increase in the number of attacks in northwest pakistan as well as in the province. that is a group called taliban pakistan, they called
ukraine is getting stronger. gradually, the war is returning to the territory of russia. and we have a special report where we talk to a mother about why it s getting easier to be a single parent in china. live from our studio in singapore - this is bbc news. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in pakistan where at least 44 people have been killed, in what police suspect was a suicide bomb attack, at a political rally, in the north west of the country. well over 100 were injured in the blast, at the event in the bajaur district,
province. that is a group called taliban pakistan, they called emphases prior to the next cease fire with security forces and since then they have been targeting pakistan security forces, but according to one media report, they deny any involvement in the latest attack, but we haven t heard from other militant groups, but what is really concerning pakistan are considered differences have been increasing attacks from these militants and the pakistani government blames militants, which they accuse them of harbouring inside afghanistan, however, the taliban administration in afghanistan denied those charges, but the pakistani military has suffered a lot of casualties, and according to one think tank reports, more than 380 people have been killed since the beginning of this year due to this violence. finally, before we year due to this violence. finally, before we go. year due to this violence. finally, before we go, afghanistan, - year due to this violence. finally, before we go, afgh