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Suicide bomber targets Peshawar judges' vehicle; driver killed
[DAWN] One person was killed in a suicide kaboom in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. 's Hayatabad area when the bomber targeted a vehicle carrying civil judges on Wednesday. Civil Judge Asif Jadoon and three female judges of the lower judiciary were travelling in an official car in Hayatabad's Phase 5 area when an attacker on a cycle of violence struck the front of the vehicle and went kaboom!, killing the driver and injuring the four judges. The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain grabbed credit for the attack. A total of six persons were maimed in the kaboom and subsequently moved to the Hayatabad Medical Complex. An emergency was imposed at the hospital. "About 15 kg of explosive was used in the suicide kaboom targeting a van carrying Civil Judge Asif Jadoon and other judicial staff in Hayatabat Township," said Peshawar police chief Tahir Khan. The blast occurred as officials from the provincial government were expected to inaugurate the Out Patient Department (OPD) at the Hayatabad Medical Complex. Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan  ... aka Taliban Khan, who ain't the brightest knife in the national drawer... and other senior party leaders were expected to attend the ceremony. Posted by: Fred 2017-02-16 |
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