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Pakistan is jolted after two massive blasts in the country. One in Balochistan and the other one in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Police said that at least 50 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a suicide attack in Pakistan's Balochistan. Meanwhile, a separate blast has taken place at a mosque near Peshawar City in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The number of casualties at the mosque in Hangu near Peshawar is reported to be rising and police say a number of people could be trapped under rubble after the roof collapsed.

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00:00 Pakistan is jolted after two massive blasts take place in the country on the same day

00:12 on September 29th.

00:14 One in Balochistan and the other one in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

00:18 Police said that at least 50 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a suicide

00:23 attack in Pakistan's Balochistan.

00:25 The blast happened near a mosque in the southwestern province of Balochistan on Friday as people

00:31 gathered to celebrate the birth of Prophet Muhammad.

00:34 Officials in Balochistan have declared a state of emergency.

00:38 No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

00:42 Footage from the scene in the Balochistan city of Mastum showed the injured being rescued

00:46 by emergency responders and locals.

00:49 Balochistan's police chief Abdul Khaliq Sheikh confirmed the explosion was a suicide blast.

00:55 Police said that a senior police officer was killed while trying to stop the attacker.

00:59 Mastum's deputy superintendent of police or DSP Nawaz Ghashkhori, who was on duty for

01:04 the rally, was martyred.

01:06 Meanwhile, a separate blast has taken place at a mosque near Peshawar city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

01:33 province.

01:34 A number of casualties at the mosque in Hangu near Peshawar is reported to be rising and

01:38 police said that a number of people could be trapped under rubbles after the roof of

01:43 the mosque collapsed.

01:44 As per reports, local police said that the mosque in Hangu is part of a police complex

01:49 that has a capacity of 40-50 people.

01:51 According to initial reports, at least four people are dead while 12 have been rushed

01:56 to the hospital.

02:16 Pakistan's Interior Minister Sarfaraz Bugti said that the blast in Balochistan was a serious

02:21 heinous act.

02:22 Bordering Afghanistan and Iran, Balochistan is Pakistan's largest province and has frequently

02:28 been hit by armed fighters, including the Tehrik-e-Taliban, Pakistan or TTP, also known

02:33 as the Pakistan Taliban, and the Islamic State group.

02:36 However, the TTP has denied involvement in Friday's blast, saying in a statement that

02:41 such an attack was against their policies.

02:44 Earlier this month, at least 11 people, including a prominent Muslim leader, were injured in

02:48 an explosion in the same district.

02:50 In July, more than 40 people were killed in a suicide bombing in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

02:54 province at a religious political party's gathering.

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