By Saleem Ahmed

QUETTA (Reuters) – The demise toll from a big blast at a mosque in Pakistan rose to 59 on Saturday as the federal government vowed to search out the perpetrators and accused India’s intelligence company of being concerned.

Friday’s blast tore by means of a mosque in Mastung within the southern province of Balochistan after a bomber detonated his explosives close to a police automobile the place folks had been gathering for a procession to mark the birthday of the Prophet Mohammad.

Pakistani officers have lengthy claimed that India sponsors violent teams in Pakistan – claims India has all the time denied.

“Civil, military and all other institutions will jointly strike against the elements involved in the Mastung suicide bombing,” inside minister Sarfaraz Bugti advised media in Balochistan’s capital, Quetta.

“RAW is involved in the suicide attack,” he added, referring to India’s Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) intelligence company. He didn’t present particulars or proof on the alleged involvement.

India’s overseas ministry and a authorities spokesperson didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.

Wasim Baig, the spokesman for Balochistan’s well being division, stated seven extra folks had died in hospital since Friday, which had precipitated the rise within the demise toll, including that extra sufferers remained in crucial situation.

A second assault on Friday at a mosque in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had killed at the least 5 folks. Police on Saturday filed a report back to launch an investigation, saying they’d despatched DNA from the suicide bomb attacker to be analysed.

No group has claimed accountability for both assault. A surge in militant assaults in Pakistan’s western provinces has forged a shadow on election preparations and public campaigning within the run-up to January’s nationwide vote, however till now the assaults had largely focused safety forces.

The Pakistani Taliban (TTP), chargeable for among the bloodiest assaults in Pakistan for the reason that group’s formation in 2007, denied accountability for Friday’s blasts.

(Reporting by Saleem Ahmed in Quetta; Additional reporting by Saud Mehsud; Writing by Charlotte Greenfield; Editing by Giles Elgood)