At least 20 people, including a police constable, were killed and more than 30 injured in a suicide bombing on Thursday at Dargah Pir Rakhel Shah in Fatehpur, a small town in the Jhal Magsi district of Balochistan, DawnNews reported.
District Chairman Jhal Magsi, Aurangzaib Magsi confirmed the death toll late in the night.
The deputy commissioner of Jhal Magsi had earlier said that the deceased include at least three children.
The medical superintendent of Gandawah Hospital, Dr Rukhsana Magsi, had earlier said 15 dead bodies were brought to the facility.
She said that another 24 injured were brought to District Headquarters Hospital Gandawah, of which 18 were shifted to Quetta and Larkana for medical treatment.
The governments of Sindh and Balochistan worked closely to rehabilitate those injured in the attack. Jhal Magsi is close to Balochistan's border with Sindh and better connected to larger cities like Jacobabad in the latter province.
The explosion, which police attributed to a suicide bomber, took place at the entrance to the dargah at a time when scores of people had gathered to pay their respects. Thursdays are usually busy in terms of attendance at shrines as the day is considered spiritually significant, but the day was also significant for the dargah as it was hosting a bi-monthly event.

District Police Officer Mohammad Iqbal said the bomber had tried to enter the shrine but a security guard stopped him, after which the attacker detonated his explosives.
Initial reports suggested that the explosion took place when the dhamaal — a devotional dance performed at shrines — was being performed after evening prayers.
Balochistan Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti told DawnNews that "if he [the attacker] had managed to enter the dargah, the death toll would have been much higher."
Answering a question on whether the government was aware of a terrorist threat, Bugti said, "We are in a war zone. We [share] a porous border with Afghanistan. Keeping all these factors in mind, our security forces ensured a peaceful Moharram and they will continue to fight terrorism in Balochistan."

The attack happened hours after the chief of the military's media wing highlighted the army's efforts in combating terrorism across the country and brought up the role of "non-state actors" that the army believes are being sponsored by enemy spy agencies.
It was the second deadly attack on a shrine in Pakistan in 2017. In February this year, a suicide bomber had killed more than 80 people and injured more than 250 in an attack targeting the busy Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine in Sehwan, Sindh.
The army had launched the ongoing Operation Raddul Fasaad in response to the Sehwan bombing, saying it was aiming at eliminating the "residual/latent threat of terrorism".
This was also the second attack on the Pir Rakhel Shah shrine since 2005. On March 19, 2005, at least 35 people were killed and many injured when a suicide bomber exploded himself at the shrine. The dead had included devotees from different sects who frequented the shrine seeking spiritual relief.
Pir Rakhel Shah
According to a blog maintained by the shrine's administrators, Sufi Rakhel Shah was born in 1852 AD in the district of Mirpur, Balochistan. His father, Noor Shah, claimed descent from Hazrat Ali. His eldest brother, Sufi Abdul Nabi Shah, was a disciple of Fakir Jaanullah Shah, a devotee of Sufi Innayatullah Shah.
Rakhel Shah, who is said to have been influenced by his brother's spiritual way of life, was for a time a disciple of Sufi Abdul Sattar of Dargah Jhoke Sharif, which is located in lower Sindh. After spending some time there, Rakhel Shah returned to Fatehpur to live a life of asceticism and charity.
The shrine was built in his devotion.
Timeline: Major attacks on shrines in Pakistan
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R.I.P Hope peace prevails
RIP
Very heart wrenching incident... But excuse my ignorance, can anyone please tell me what's the purpose of these suicide blasts in shrines? It's not the first time... There must be something that motivates them to do away with Thier lifes.... Those who motivate them must be held accountable...and brought to justice...
So, here they started again....
BAD very bad, RIP those all people who has suffered, its really bad, our administrations has been failed to protect us.
RIP. O my God save all of us from these atrocities and crushed these terrorists
RIP and sad. Islam is peace.
Very sad indeed for the loss of innocent lives.
Bad very bad terrorists
Sad to see this. May their souls rest in peace.
Why they target religious place
Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Illahi Rajaioon!!!
Its qute clear we know who's behind such acts.....what is not clear is why are not doing anything about this.
Feeling sad for these ppl. Hope there family members recover well.
All sufi shrines are targeted, sad
RIP........ Terrorist attack in any form is wrong whether it's in Baloochistan or in Kashmir...
Sick animals
Very sad RIP ,The enemy is live &thriving ,seems not affected by rudulfassad. ??
Vast no of devoted peoples visit shrine to offer respect to sufis,And in past many incident had happened on these magnificent piece of earth(shrine) But still we are unable to secure lives of devotee.
Very sad for losses lives. Terrorist has no religion they are parasites .
Come the month of moharrum, these attacks have become the norm. Authorities must be most vigilant. Hopefully, in a decade or two we won't be talking about these heinous acts.
@Goal brainwashing and wrong education
@Goal because they r peace loving people brother.
@Goal The thinking has to change why any place
@Maverick These suicide bombers are well trained and are assured for a place in Heaven. Government knows that this ideology comes from where but are afraid to ban these institutions,
The time has come when people don't attend for a gathering of any sort,mostly remaining in their apartments served by robots for amenities,running on tread mill and working thru foc enabled smart devices.drones for delivering assorted goods on rooftop stores,and unsabotageable pods holding half a dozen people travelling via steel cables to nearby stops.hover boards for hire to roam about in countryside and robotic farms producing food,processing,packaging in biodegradable sachets.etc.
RIP!
Very sad....but time to liberate balochistan
Everyday i think of the miseries of Kulbhushan Yadav, he might be living in a dark confinement cell battling to keep himself sane. Lets catch more of them and make our country even safer
Very sad! Work of those Crazy Fanatic!
@Teady yes indeed!!!!
Thanks to Pakistan Army.