At least three people have been reported killed in a blast during an Ashura procession in Bahawalnagar reported Business Recorder, citing foreign media outlets.

Social media is rife with news of the blast and shared videos of ambulances rushing to the scene.

A local Shia leader, Khawar Shafqat, told the Associated Press that the blast occurred when the procession was passing through Muhajir Colony neighbourhood in the southern east part of Punjab.

Bahawalnagar is reported as the 54th largest city in Pakistan.

The journalist for Arab News Naimat Khan shared a video of the police holding a man they have arrested for the crime. Aaj could not independently verify the claims.

Please be aware the video is graphic in nature.

Special assistant to the Prime Minister on overseas Pakistanis Zulfi Bukhari expensed his dismay at news of the incident.

Shortly after the incident, PPP Senator Sehar Kamran condemned the attack in a tweet.

Please be aware the video is graphic in nature.

Today marks the 10th of Muharram when Shia Muslims across the world gather to pay homage to sacrifice rendered by Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) and his companions in Karbala.