At least 31 people have been killed and 169 wounded in a suicide bombing at a mosque in Pakistan's capital city Islamabad, a government official says. Follow the latest below.

The attack comes less than three months after a suicide blast outside a court in Islamabad and coincided with the ongoing state visit of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

The U.N. Security Council has strongly condemned recent militant attacks in southwestern Pakistan that have killed more than 50 people, mostly civilians, as the country's security forces press their operations in the insurgency-hit Balochistan province.

At least 31 people have been killed and 169 others injured after a huge bombing at a mosque in Pakistan. The explosion happened during Friday prayers at Khadija Al-Kubra, a Shiite mosque in the country's capital, Islamabad, officials have said.

Militant attacks erupted in a resource-rich region where Pakistan is seeking to attract foreign investment in mining and minerals.

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