ISLAMABAD: Condemning the Kharadar blast incident in Karachi, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday directed all the provinces to enhance security arrangements to ensure protection of lives and properties of people and maintain law and order.

“The enemies of people’s lives and properties should be dealt with iron hand,” PM Shehbaz Sharif said in a statement. He directed to immediately arrest the elements involved in the blast incident and assured full cooperation to the Sindh government from the centre.

He said the partnership process between the federation and provinces should be made effective to improve the law and order situation.

The prime minister directed the Sindh chief minister to provide the best medical facilities to the injured. He prayed for early recovery of the wounded.

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At least one person was killed and 10 other people were injured in a blast that happened at Karachi’s Iqbal Cloth Market in Kharadar near Memon Mosque on Monday night.

Police said that the nature of the blast could not be ascertained so far, adding that the Bomb Disposal Squad had been called. However, the fire erupted at the site at once. The deceased was identified as Sania, wife of Khalid.

The dead and injured have been shifted to Karachi Civil Hospital for medico-legal formalities and treatment respectively.

A police mobile van and a number of motorcycles have been damaged in the blast. Police sources said their van might be the target of the explosion.

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