Rescue work underway in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: The death toll in the Islamabad hotel suicide blast has climbed to 53 after 10 more dead bodies have been pulled out of the gutted structure.

The five-star hotel was completely gutted after the suicide blast in which 53 people were killed and 250 others injured including 21 foreigners.

Five women were also among the dead while 70 injured, said to be in critical condition, also shifted to hospitals.