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A leading anti-Taliban cleric has been killed in a suspected suicide bomb attack at his Islamic religious school in the Pakistani city of Lahore.
The explosion struck the Jaamia Naeemia madrassa around the time of Friday prayers, killing Sarfraz Naeemi, who often spoken out against extremists.
The other blast hit a mosque close to a military depot in the north-western garrison town of Nowshera.
At least three people were reported and several others injured in Nowshera.
The town is close to Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province.
Swat supporter
In Lahore, a spokesman for the Jaamia Naeemia madrassa confirmed that the school's senior cleric, Sarfraz Naeemi was killed by the blast. There were other reports of injuries.
A religious scholar opposed to the Taliban, he was known for his outspoken views against suicide bombings and militancy.
He was one of the few scholars who had openly supported the ongoing military operation in Swat.
Mr Naeemi had labelled the activities of the Taliban "un-Islamic".
In the other attack, which happened almost simultaneously at a mosque in Nowshera, at least three people were killed and several others injured.
The attack in Nowshera took place in a military high security zone, close to a supply depot.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Bomb kills senior Pakistan cleric
The explosion struck the Jaamia Naeemia madrassa around the time of Friday prayers, killing Sarfraz Naeemi, who often spoken out against extremists.
The other blast hit a mosque close to a military depot in the north-western garrison town of Nowshera.
At least three people were reported and several others injured in Nowshera.
The town is close to Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province.
Swat supporter
In Lahore, a spokesman for the Jaamia Naeemia madrassa confirmed that the school's senior cleric, Sarfraz Naeemi was killed by the blast. There were other reports of injuries.
A religious scholar opposed to the Taliban, he was known for his outspoken views against suicide bombings and militancy.
He was one of the few scholars who had openly supported the ongoing military operation in Swat.
Mr Naeemi had labelled the activities of the Taliban "un-Islamic".
In the other attack, which happened almost simultaneously at a mosque in Nowshera, at least three people were killed and several others injured.
The attack in Nowshera took place in a military high security zone, close to a supply depot.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Bomb kills senior Pakistan cleric