India, March 14 -- A local Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI) leader and three others were injured after a bomb blast ripped through a mosque in Pakistan's South Waziristan area on Friday during prayers.

The injured local JUI leader was identified as Abdullah Nadeem.

District Police Officer Asif Bahader told Dawn News that an improvised explosive device (IED) blast occurred at 1:45 pm at Maulana Abdul Aziz Mosque on Azam Warsak Bypass Road, with the device planted in the mosque's pulpit.

"In the explosion, Abdullah Nadeem, the district chief of JUI, was seriously wounded," he said.

The other injured people were identified as Rehmanullah, Mullah Noor, and Shah Behran.

The injured people were rushed to District Headquarters Hospital for immedi...