Joselito Malig

Security personnel stand guard outside a mosque following an explosion, in Islamabad on February 6, 2026. A blast at a Shiite mosque in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on February 6 killed 15 people and wounded at least 80, local authorities said. (Photo by Farooq NAEEM / AFP)

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Dennis Gasgonia

ABS-CBN News

MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs, through the Philippine Embassy in Pakistan, is closely monitoring the situation after a bombing in a mosque in Islamabad which has reportedly resulted in multiple casualties. The DFA, in a statement Saturday, said that at this time, there have been no reports of Filipino nationals among those killed or injured.&quot;The Embassy continues to coordinate with relevant authorities and will provide updates as information becomes available,&quot; the DFA said.The DFA and the Philippine Embassy in Pakistan are on standby to extend all necessary assistance to any Filipino national who may be affected by the tragic incident.A Shiite mosque was hit by a suicide bombing that killed at least 31 people.The Islamic State group (IS) claimed responsibility over the bombing that also wounded 169.Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif vowed that those behind the blast would be found and brought to justice.The attack was the deadliest in the Pakistani capital since September 2008, when 60 people were killed in a suicide truck bomb blast that destroyed part of the five-star Marriott hotel.AFP journalists at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences hospital saw several people, including children, being carried in on stretchers or by their arms and legs.Medics and bystanders helped unload victims with blood-soaked clothes from the back of ambulances and vehicles. At least one casualty arrived in the boot of a car.Friends and relatives of the wounded wept and screamed as victims -- dead or alive -- arrived at the hospital&#x27;s heavily guarded emergency ward. With a report from AFP

The Department of Foreign Affairs, through the Philippine Embassy in Pakistan, is closely monitoring the situation after a bombing in a mosque in Islamabad resulted in multiple casualties.

The Department of Foreign Affairs, through the Philippine Embassy in Pakistan, is closely monitoring the situation after a bombing in a mosque in Islamabad resulted in multiple casualties.

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DFA monitoring situation in Pakistan after deadly blast

Dennis Gasgonia,

ABS-CBN News

Published February 07, 2026 06:16 PM PHT

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