Blast occurs during Friday prayers at a mosque in northwest Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Blast claimed the life of Hamidul Haq Haqqani, chief of his own faction of the Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI) and caretaker of the Madrassa-e-Haqqania. Police say the blast is suspected to be a suicide bombing. An emergency has been declared in both Nowshera and Peshawar hospitals. The Darul Uloom Haqqania propagates the Hanafi Deobandi school of Sunni Islam. It has been dubbed the \”University of Jihad\” due to its methods and content of instruction, along with the future occupations of its alumni. A number of leading members of the Taliban, including former chief Akhtar Mansour, studied here. The blast occurred during ‘Jumma’ prayer, police said. The JamiatUlema-e.Islam leaders have appealed for blood donation for the injured.
