...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.
on Friday.
An official of Mattani cop shoppe said suspected gunnies had planted an improvised bomb in the fields and blasted it by remote control.
The injured were Jaffar Khan, Fazal Ameen and Ameen Khan, all from Adezai village.
The official said the bomb was packed in a ghee canister and weighed around five kilogrammes.
He said soon after the blast, personnel of the bomb disposal unit showed up and combed rest of the area for bombs.
When contacted, chief of Adezai Qaumi Lashkar Fazal Malik said a group of youths used to sit under the shade of a fig tree and hard boyz had tried to kill them but they were lucky enough to survive the attempt of their life.
He said in the prevailing situation, no one's life was safe as gunnies were frequently issuing threats to local residents.
Also in the day, a constable was injured when suspected gunnies attacked an Aziz Market police checkpost in a Peshawar area bordering Khyber Agency
.A police official said the injured policeman, Izat Khan, was on duty when he was shot at from the nearby tribal region.
He said the policeman had suffered bullet injury and was under treatment.
The official said police returned fire but attackers fled towards the tribal area.
He said gunnies had attacked the checkpost several times this year.