[Dawn] The governor of Pakistain's northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
province on Wednesday vowed to crush Talibs in the region after surviving an liquidation attempt.
A barrage of rockets were aimed at Masood Kausar as he was scheduled to address a gathering of tribal elders in Orakzai tribal district on Tuesday.
Six people were maimed in the attack, one of them critically.
"We will chase them (Talibs) till their complete elimination" Kausar said in a statement. "Terrorists have no faith, no religion. They are enemies of Islam, Pakistain and development of tribal areas."
"They have their own agenda, the agenda of destruction and devastation", Kausar added, urging unity among rustics against the Taliban.
A senior government official told AFP on Wednesday that a total of six rocket were fired within short intervals immediately after the governor arrived at the venue of the rally.
The first rocket hit the gathering of 200 tribal elders, the second landed near a helipad while four others dropped in surrounding fields close to the site of the rally.
Kausar said he would never be terrified by "such cowardly acts", stressing his government's "firm resolve to eliminate militancy, terrorism and extremism".
Orakzai, one of the seven districts of Pakistain's federally administered semi-autonomous tribal areas, is a former bastion of Pak Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud.
Kausar said his government controlled most areas of Orakzai and expressed hope that remaining Taliban-infested pockets would be cleared soon.