Date & Time: 27 May 2005 at 11:10:00
No# Of Martyrs: 25
No# Of Injured Persons: 75
At least 25 Mourners of Imam Hussain(as) were martyred and over 75 injured by a powerful Bomb Blast at Bari Imam shrine in the Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Friday, 11am. The blast occurred at the Bari Imam shrine, in Middle of the Mosque near the Mimber(Stage), the shrine is close to Pakistan's main government buildings and the diplomatic enclave, where many embassies and diplomatic residences are located.
Hazrat Abdul Latif Kazmi Al-Mash'hadi known as Bari Imam (R.A.) belongs to the Khanwada of Hazrat Imam Musa Kazim (A.S.), this family is the treasure of spiritualism and Ma'arfat where people belonging to all Muslim Ummah gain benefit.
Thousands of devotees from all over the country were attending a Majlis-e-Aza at the end of the festival(Urs) in the area at the time of the explosion.