ISLAMABAD, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of Thursday's suicide blast at a Sufi shrine in Pakistan's south Sindh province has risen to 88 on Friday, authorities said.
The Sindh Ministry of Heath said 343 people were also injured in the explosion, adding that 76 critically wounded victims are under treatment in different hospitals at Sehwan, Dadu, Larkana, Nawabshah, Jamshoro, Karachi and Hyderabad districts while the slightly injured people were discharged after initial treatment.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa visited the blast victims at hospital and wished them a speedy recovery.
Sharif also directed the hospital authorities to provide best possible medical treatment to the injured people.
The Inter-Services Public Relations, the mouthpiece of Pakistani army, said in a statement that the terrorist activities are being carried out on the directions of hostile powers and from sanctuaries in Afghanistan.
The army also closed Pakistan-Afghanistan border due to security reasons.
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