00:00news is coming in there's been a terror attack in islamabad in pakistan reports just coming in
00:0912 people have reportedly been killed in what is being described as a suicide attack in islamabad
00:18pakistan and this was a suicide blast outside the islamabad high court the images that you see on
00:24your television screen are from just moments ago outside the islamabad high court a massive ball of
00:32fire the this was apparently an improvised explosive device in a car and 12 people reportedly have been
00:42killed in this blast outside the islamabad high court pakistan's defense minister huaja asif
00:49investigations haven't been carried out so far but pakistan's defense minister is already blaming
00:55afghanistan he's blaming the taliban in kabul for this suicide attack outside the islamabad high
01:04court the images that you see on your television screen apparently 12 people have already been
01:09killed there are several who are injured it does appear to be a case of vb ied once again a vehicle
01:16born improvised explosive device i quickly want to cut across to india today's pranay upadhyay
01:22joining us for more on the story pranay what more can you tell us about this blast one of this
01:27incident this blast took place at the uh at the g11 the judicial complex of the islamabad high court
01:34and uh this is similar to to what happened in in delhi as well because uh a vehicle blew up up uh it was
01:41laden with a with a improvised uh uh explosive device and uh it the impact was so huge that in
01:49the even in the judicial complex the many uh you know uh the glasses were shattered and in fact the
01:53many vehicles got impacted out of this blast and around 12 people are dead many are injured and uh you
02:00know uh similarly like you know what happened in delhi does similarly that many body pieces were scattered
02:06here and there so definitely the the matter is under investigation you mentioned that pakistan's
02:11defense minister kawaza asif uh as a matter of practice he always uh you know jumps the gun and
02:16he he blamed others so he has already put the blame on afghanistan but we do not know exactly that
02:21who uh has taken the responsibility about uh this this incident uh as far as this thing is concerned
02:27but there is another incident which is also underway in in wana the cadet college of wana in pakistan
02:33where the gunfight was lasted for many hours uh the suicide of the the attackers entered the cadet
02:40college of wana south waziristan in pakistan so pakistan has its own intrinsic fissures it has
02:45its own intrinsic problems where uh the you know many incidents keep taking place at various places
02:51indeed so you're saying that there have been two attacks in pakistan one in wana one in islamabad
03:00and this pranay seemed to be a part of a pattern of wider attacks on security forces
03:05now in the heart of pakistan but earlier a series that was taking place in khaybar pakhtoonghua and in
03:12baluchistan absolutely garam not only in khaybar pakhtoonghua baluchistan but even incident took
03:18place in punjab and and and sindh as well so so entire pakistan is actually burning with with so many
03:24protests with so many uh differences and with with so many agitations and uh amid the all these things
03:30uh there have been attacks in in kpk region there have been attacks on in uh we we know what happened
03:35in baluchistan a few months ago and now this incident took place in the heart of islamabad uh
03:41the judicial complex which is supposed to be a very secure complex uh so much of of uh military and and
03:47the the security presence remains there for different uh you know to to secure the complex but
03:52this incident took place uh just just a while ago few a few uh you know hours ago and this car which
03:58was there uh around the g11 judicial complex which uh which was laden with the explosive and blew up
04:04uh this is considered as a suicide bombing attack uh carried out by by a certain section of people we
04:10do not know who exactly carried out this attack but this incident actually uh took life of 12 uh 12
04:16people there keep writing that story i will come back to you for more pranay for the moment
04:21many thanks for joining me
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