The President also approved the appointment of Liaqat Ali Shah Hamdani as the Controller General of Accounts.

Sadashiv's daughter, had earlier said that the actor was on life support ventilator, in a critical condition

MQM chief urges Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to convene a meeting of the heads of security forces immediately

Mobile services suspended in some parts of the country; pillion riding banned in Karachi and Lahore

US offers to help bring all those involved in planning and executing this attack to justice

Edhi Foundation says deceased were kidnapped, tortured and then shot to death

Mobile phone services restored in certain parts of Karachi

United Nations Secretary-General Ban-ki Moon has strongly condemned the terrorist attack

In Islamabad the blast took place in a van, while in Karachi it occurred in a shop

Conflicting claims of responsibility for the attack, with Jundullah, Jamatul Ahrar, TTP-Mehsud claiming the attack