A senior official from Jamaat-e-Islami, the country's largest religious party, accompanied Prime Minister Ashraf to the hospital. So did the parliamentary leader of the secular Muttahida Qaumi Movement, which dominates Karachi.
In an interview with CNN on Thursday, the foreign minister, Hina Rabbani Khar, described the attack as a traumatic "wake-up call" that could prove to be a turning point in Pakistan's war against extremism.
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