The suicide bomb blast victims in the hospital.

Peshawar:

The number of deaths in Sunday’s suicide bombing in northwest Pakistan that targeted a hard-line religious group’s political rally has risen to 56, a government official said.

The number could rise further, said Anwar-ul-Haq, the deputy commissioner of Bajaur district on the border with neighbouring Afghanistan.

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