... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
capital killed at least two people and maimed five others, DawnNews reported on Thursday night.
The attack took place at the residence of Adezai peace lashkar's chief Farmanullah Khan in Adezai area on the outskirts of 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.
Khan confirmed the incident saying two people including the jacket wallah died in the attack on his hujra.
"Suicide bomber entered my hujra and went
kaboom!himself," he told Dawn.com.
Farmanullah took over as the chief of Adezai Peace Committee after the death of his elder brother Dilawar Khan who had survived a number of attacks on his life as well.
Officials in Lady Reading Hospital confirmed that two bodies have been brought to the hospital and seven including a child are injured.
The SSP Operations Najeebur Rehman Bagwi also confirmed the incident and casualties.
Peshawar is on the edge of Pakistain's tribal region, the main sanctuary for al Qaeda and Talibs in the country.
The attack came days after Pak armed forces launched Zarb-e-Azb military operation against local and foreign faceless myrmidons hiding in North
Wazoo tribal region bordering Afghanistan.Dozens of bully boy hideouts have been destroyed and hundreds of suspected snuffies have died in first five days of the military offensive.
No one has yet grabbed credit of the attack, but the city has frequently been attacked in the past few years by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain bully boys.