Hawzah News Agency - In a statement, the embassy expressed deep condolences to the people and government of Pakistan on the tragic incident. 

It also prayed to Almighty Allah to rest the departed souls in eternal peace and wished for a speedy recovery of the people left wounded in the incident. 

Earlier on Monday, at least 15 people, including senior police officers were killed and dozens other wounded in a deadly suicide bombing outside the provincial parliament. 

A spokesperson for Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a breakaway faction of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed the responsibility for the attack through a post published on the social media.