Islamabad, Pakistan, Muharram 19, 1432, Dec 25, 2010, SPA -- A blast at a food distribution point in Pakistan killed at least 40 people and injured 70 others on Saturday, a senior government official said. Sohail Khan of the Bajaur Agency told CNN a suicide bomber blew himself up near a World Food Programme distribution center. Jackie Dent, a spokeswoman for the United Nations World Food Programme, confirmed that the incident happened outside a World Food Programme distribution point in Khar. Dent said food was being distributed at the time of the blast. Amjad Jamal, a spokesman for the World Food Programme, said more than 300 people were going through a security screening to get food and other items. --SPA 11:20 LOCAL TIME 08:20 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/849120