Death toll in Pakistan election rally blast climbs to 24

Islamabad: The death toll in a devastating bomb attack on an election rally in Pakistan’s restive Kurram tribal region rose to 24 today while another 70 victims were being treated in hospital, officials said.

The attack, claimed by the banned Tehrk-e-Taliban Pakistan, targeted an election rally organised by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam leader Munir Orakzai at a madrassa in Sewak village of Kurram Agency yesterday.