PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) – The Latest on Friday’s attacks in Pakistan, which killed more than 70 people (all times local):
2:15 p.m.
A Pakistani official says the death toll from twin bombings at a crowded market in the northwestern town of Parachinar has risen to 55, bringing the overall death toll from three separate attacks on Friday to 73.
Shahid Khan, a local official in Parachinar, said Saturday that many of the victims of the attacks are in critical condition.
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a sectarian Sunni extremist group, claimed the bombings in Parachinar, a Shiite-dominated town.