Pakistan hotel suicide bomb: the aftermath

Smoke billows from the burning Marriott hotel after the powerful bomb blast Photograph: Farooq Naeem/Getty

Pakistani security officials search for clues inside the blast crater outside the Marriott hotel Photograph: Mian Khursheed/Reuters

Pakistani police arrive outside the burning hotel Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP

Firefighters work to extinguish the flames Photograph: Olivier Matthys/EPA

Pakistani employees flee from the hotel lobby Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP

An injured Pakistani man passes debris outside the hotel Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP

A Pakistani volunteer helps an injured woman Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP

Police carry the body of a blast victim Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP

Family members visit a hospital to identify blast victims Photograph: BK Bangash/AP

People search for their relatives from pictures posted by the hospital authorities Photograph: Shabbir Hussein/EPA

Soldiers arrive to search for survivors Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP

Rescue workers and security personnel at the site Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP

Employees collect documents from the reception of the Marriott hotel Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP

An aerial view from an army helicopter shows the hotel two days later Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP

An aerial view from an army helicopter shows the hotel two days later Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP