Islamabad, Pakistan – Less than two hours after a suicide blast at the entrance of the district court in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Tuesday, Khawaja Asif, the country’s defence minister, called the attack a “wake-up call” and “ a war for all of Pakistan ”.

The rare explosions in the country’s capitals have not been directly linked, but there are fears the governments will blame each other after their previous military conflict alarmed the world.

Explosions in Islamabad and New Delhi are still being investigated, but finger-pointing has already begun and threatens to escalate simmering cross-border conflict.

After Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif blamed India for the suicide blast, the MEA stated that it was a predictable tactic by the 'obviously delirious Pakistani leadership'

At least 12 people were killed and 27 others wounded on Tuesday in an attack on Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, according to officials. It was the first to hit the city in more than a decade and comes as Pakistan is facing a resurgence of assaults by several insurgencies.

“The 27th Amendment reduces the Supreme Court of Pakistan to only an appellate court. It is also no longer the ‘Supreme Court of Pakistan’ but only the ‘Supreme Court’ and its chief justice will be the CJ of the SC, not the CJ of Pakistan,” she said.