Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) head and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) supremo Maulana Fazlur Rehman has called for a high-level inquiry into the bomb blast at JUI-F workers convention in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bajaur, which claimed lives of at least 40 people and injured 200 others, Pakistan-based ARY News reported.

According to ANI, Maulana Fazlur Rehman expressed sorrow over the blast and called on Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's caretaker Chief Minister Muhammad Azam Khan to hold a high-level inquiry. He prayed for the recovery of injured people and eternal rest for the departed souls.