Earlier reports had said that the blast was a suicide attack, but officials from the area said that the nature of the blast was not clear as yet.
Local officials said that the blast site was where a budget market is set up every Friday.
"A bomb exploded in the main bazaar of Parachinar. We are collecting details," local government official Shahab Ali Shah told AFP.
"It was a suicide attack," a senior Pakistani security official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Fazal Saeed, leader of a breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack.
“We have targeted the Shia community of Parachinar because they were involved in activities against us,” he told Reuters by telephone from an undisclosed location.
“We also warn the political administration of Parachinar to stop siding with the Shia community in all our disputes.”
Other officials could not confirm whether a suicide bomber was responsible.
"We don't have exact details about the nature of the blast," said the top administration official for the region, Mohammad Anees.
Seven shops were also destroyed as a result of the blast.
The injured were shifted to the Agency Headquarters hospital.
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Taliban take the responsibility so why shia of Kurram blaim Sunni of Kurram??? stop war against sunni and shia in Kurram. for God sake PLZ ????
@qasim: bhutto was acting as leader of PPP not as a believing practicing shia.He was not, you cant blame individual's action upon school of thought.Come on,brother.
I wouldn't be surprised if one of these days, Imam Al-Mahdi shows up to lead the Muslim Mujahideen. One hadith says, "the people of the Khorasaan will be very much troubled...." This is it.
Beghayrat Pakistan Army has been cutting deals with this guy.
Look at all the happy Indians here. God bless our country.
salute to shias- for not responding back in the same manner, it is the belief that matter, the killers are just crimnals.
@Harry Stone - so you think that the shias of Parachinar are the ones spreading terrror and not the Taliban?
@Doosam: If you support terror at some point terror will also visit you. PAK is a lawless state where the majority would like to live in peace but cannot.
when ever American officials visits KP inactive TTP become Active why cannot we stop the flow of dollars to them & Indian weapons
LORD, what was the religion of za bhutto,who brought the religion in parliment.in my koneledge he was shia.if he was right to supress few milion qadianis then on the same basis it would be ok for a majority to decide about shia minority and they should accept the decision of majority.the fire he started to become popular is now reaching to his brothers in faith.i personaly feel very sorry for the death of anybody irespect of faith at all.the only way out is as qaid azam said state has no say in religion at all.
Govt is resposible of such incident. Why govt given permission to Defa Pakistan Council to stage gathering for speech. whereas it formed by many ban and terrorists oranizations. Who is back of the Difa Pakistan council? Who supports this org..America or Pakistani agencies? Gathering and speech of ban org leaders is threat to ruling govt and army. Because DPC supports TTP.
@raza khan: a very candid admission
My opinion is that, this incident has not much to do with the ongoing summit in Islamabad. This is a local tit for tat event. Fazal Saeed Haqqani had only recently relinquished control over the Pakistani Taliban, and had publicly announced joining the Haqqani Network that is commonly viewed to be supported by the Pakistani military establishment. Why he has spoken from the TTP platform again is an important question for the Pakistan army to answer. His aim seems to primarily be sabotaging and derailing the fragile peace process that had taken a lot of time and effort before taking its current shape. What happens next in this volatile region, one can only surmise. Pakistani army need to "do more".
Another US/India/Israel (CIA/RAW/Mossad) conspiracy.
Parachinar is the one good educated city in FATA and they're trying to wreck it
May Allah SWT grant the innocent victims Jannah and grant sabr to their families. Inna Lilah ae wa inna Elahi rajeoon. As a practicing Sunni muslim I cannot find words to describe my anguish and horror and disgust at the killing of Shias and minorities at the hands of these extremists.
This is the work of CIA, RAW and Mossad.
@Wonderful - what's so 'wonderful' about it? and twenty sick minds have actually endorsed this view. The Parachinar community they targeted is a peaceful and yes, if one will try to annihilate them they will fight back. The time of reckoning will come for the Taliban, in this world or the next.
The real face of LAHORE resolution, what a pity. You kill innocent people, are they not the creation of Allah. Has anybody in Pakistan got Khauf-e-Khuda. May be this is one way to greet Iran President, I hope he has eyes and ears to feel the pain of those whose dear ones were mercilessly killed. I do not think JuD/LeT care, may be they provided the inspiration.
@Straight Fire: "after all TTP could have killed shias some other day if they wanted …. "
Do you really mean it. It makes a very bad reading.
A colleague I used to work with once told me: Shia and Sunni the difference is so minor. All about how you stand up for your prayer and how you keep your hands during prayer. He is a Sunni and his wife is a Shia. Their marriage was arranged by both families. They have been married for over 30 years and are one of the happiest couples I have come across.
Vienna,February 17,2012 Hi that was a SUMMIT announcement from Parachinar.The SUMMIT reserved for Pakistan,cutting Iran out from oil or gass pipes should go empty for Ahmedinezad´s 11 billion dollars! I feel SAD as Indian, isolated from trade and social relations but attacked by god´s own soldiers on motor cycles!Not Allah Hafiz neither Khuda Hafiz but Hafiz Saeed Zindabad! Taravadu Taranga Trust for Media Monitoring TTTMM India --Kulamarva Balakrishna
@Amjad:
" May Allah forgive this misguided youth and grant Jannah to all"
This is an example of a stupid mindset! you want this suicide bomber to be forgiven. Then you must also ask forgiveness for the American special forces who killed OBL and of course for Raymond Davis too?
They were killed because of thei faith...this is an alam for all Shias...especially with Difa e Pakistan happening publicaly...these bomb blasts will be legalised...how on earth VP of Tehreek e Insaaf was participant of Difae Pakistan. I blame Imran Khan as well for this KILLINGS :@@@@
@ayesha azeem: There is too much religion. That's the problem.
The people who are responsible for this savage act can never be Muslims. A true Muslim is one whose faith is strong as a mountain, whose love is deep as an ocean and who has never committed one sin in his life.
@ayesha azeem: All these killings would stop when Pakistan takes the tough decision to disarm all jihadi groups irrespective of their affliations and stop patronising any one of them.
Just connect the dots ... Ahmadi Nejad visit to Pakistan and Shias man slaughter, after all TTP could have killed shias some other day if they wanted .... but US had to execute this plan on date
May Allah(s.w.t) forgive this misguided youth and grant Jannah to all.
who has confirmed it@Miqdad Hussain:
Not again
More than 40 killed in Parachinar Sucide bomb blast.Woman sucider blow herself near Khar Bazar Mosque
Strategic assets doing strategic thingies. Enjoy Pakistanis.
Of all the measures taken in Pakistan to check the burgeoning gap between population and resources, suicide bombing or extremism has out performed all others.
@ayesha azeem: why only pakistan..do you want it to happen in other countries tooo? the answer to your question is that other countries are run by sensible men and have a loyal army. here we grow terrorist mind set, terrorists are thriving here because we gave them life, food, and shelter, and whats more.....we are proud of it...what a stupid thinking....
@ayesha azeem: Never. Remember. As you sow so shall you reap.
Impact of closing Afghan jihad starts AGAIN.
What goes around comes around.
Another experiment gone wrong in ' the lab of islam'