A Google reverse image search led us to an article published by Pakistan-based news outlet Samaa TV that mentioned that the image is from 2009 Ashura blast.
Further, we also found that a similar image from the said incident was uploaded by AP as well mentioning that the incident took place in 2009. We compared the AP image with the viral image and found several similarities.
News agency AP mentioned that the image is from a footage that was released by Karachi Police in 2009 when an explosion “caused by a suicide bomber ripped through a crowd of Shiite Muslims marching through the streets of Karachi, Pakistan, marking the key holy day of Ashura.”
Clearly, even this image is not a recent image but from 2009.
While several news reports claimed that there are ongoing tensions in Pakistan, the images in circulation are old and do not show the current situation in anyway.
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