| GEO Pakistan | | 20 dead, 50 hurt in DG Khan blast: DIG | Updated at: 1725 PST, Tuesday, December 15, 2009
 DERA GHAZI KHAN: At least 20 people were killed and 50 other wounded in a bomb blast occurred at the crowded Khosa Market in Dera Ghazi Khan, DIG Mubarak Ali confirmed today.
The house of Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khosa, senior adviser to Punjab’s Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, was also destroyed in the blast. However, luckily, no member of the family was present in the house at the time of blast.
DG Khan commissioner Hasan Iqbal told Geo News the blast took place at the Khosa Market, which is the commercial center of the city. The explosion was so huge that it completely devastated at least 10 shops. While 10 to 12 more shops were slightly damaged.
Following the incident, rescue teams were rushed to the area where relief efforts are under way. The injured were shifted to the government hospital while some were taken to private hospitals also.
Emergency was declared in the civil hospital. However, people are facing multiple problems due to lack of medicines and shortage of paramedical staff.
The commissioner expressed the fear that 20 to 25 people are still buried under the rubble. He further said it was possibly a car blast. |  |
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