... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ...
, said Caretaker Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Firdous Jamal Shah on Friday
According to law enforcement officials, gunshots were also heard after the earth-shattering kaboom.
The blast took place in Tank Adda in the city near a police van, injuring 22 people who are being shifted to a nearby hospital. Some of the injured are at death's door.
The minister also shared that among the 22 included two coppers and said was saddened by the news.
"Those elements involved in the earth-shattering kaboom and terrorism will be brought to justice," assured the minister.
Last month, two blasts occurred in KP and Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
, killing scores of people on the day of Eid Miladun Nabi — the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (PTUI!).
The blast in KP's Hangu, which took place during the Friday sermon, killed five and injured 12 people.
Hangu District Police Officer Nisar Ahmed said two jacket wallahs were involved in the attack — one targeted the gate of the cop shoppe, and the other went
kaboom!inside the mosque.
Moreover, two coppers were also injured during the firing, officials of the law enforcement agency said, adding that the other bully boy went
kaboom!inside the mosque.
Earlier in the day, a suicide kaboom
in Balochistan's Mastung district killed at least 35 people including a police officer while injuring over 45.