An explosion at the Peshawar bus terminal in the Gulbahar area on Friday damaged a Quetta-bound vehicle, but caused no casualties, while unidentified assailants exploded two bombs at the site of a mela scheduled for today in Dera Ismail Khan. The Gulbahar police moharrar, Amir Siaf, told Daily Times that the blast took place at around 12:15am, partially damaging a vehicle. Peshawar SSP (Operations) Muhammad Iftikhar told Daily Times that the blast was part of the series of recent explosions aimed to terrify the cityÂ’s residents.
Meanwhile, the blast in Dera Ismail Khan damaged the site of the mela. “The assailants also left pamphlets calling the mela an un-Islamic activity, and warned the people to stay way or face such blasts,” said police.
Every year, residents of DI Khan organise the mela in which they play traditional games like kabaddi and horse racing. Draband police official Faqir Mohammad said the bombs exploded at around 12:30 am, damaging the site in the Kalo Qalandar area on Draband Road.
On Thursday evening, a blast in front of the City Girls College in the Hashtnagri area damaged the college’s wall and injured worker Niaz Ali Shah, said sources, but Hashtnagri police said the blast injured two men – Ahmad Saeed and Muhammad Yasin. NNI adds: Separately, a blast in the Bahzadi Chakkarkot area of Kohat on Friday damaged a music shop. Cantt police said two men planted a bomb at a music centre in Bangesh Plaza and they had been arrested. |