ISLAMABAD: Hamza Ali Naqvi was bowing with his hands on his knees during Friday prayers when the first shot rang out. The 21-year-old university student initially mistook the sharp crack for distant fireworks. Seconds later, a second shot, much louder and much closer, resounded through the Qasr-e-Khadijatul Kubra mosque. “We were prostrating,” Naqvi recalled, his eyes still showing signs of fear as he described the moment the floor beneath him shook from the force of the blast.

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ISLAMABAD: A worshipper at the Shiite mosque in Islamabad where dozens of people were killed in a suicide blast on Friday described an “extremely powerful” explosion ripping…

ISLAMABAD: A worshipper at the Shiite mosque in Islamabad where dozens of people were killed in a suicide blast on Friday described an “extremely powerful” explosion ripping…

ISLAMABAD: Hamza Ali Naqvi was bowing with his hands on his knees during Friday prayers when the first shot rang out. The 21-year-old university student initially mistook the…