At least 44 people were killed and more than 150 others wounded after a powerful blast hit a mosque in Pakistan's northwest Peshawar city on Monday, according to local media reports.

Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif called the blast a "suicide attack." There were at least 260 people in the mosque, police official Sikandar Khan added.

The militant group Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has claimed responsibility for the attack, local Geo TV reported.

(With input from agencies)

(Cover: Police officers clear the way for ambulances leaving after carrying wounding people from bomb explosion site, at the main entry gate of police offices, in Peshawar, Pakistan, January 30, 2023. /CFP)