Peshawar
\nAt least two people were killed while one suffered injuries in a blast near the Board Bazaar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\u2019s Peshawar early Sunday morning, officials said.
\nSpeaking to the media, Peshawar Senior Superintendent of Police (Operations) Kashif Aftab Abbasi said teams of the Counter Terrorism Department and other law enforcement agencies had arrived at the site and were collecting evidence.
\n\u201cWe have found an almost mutilated body and a damaged motorcycle here,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cThe blast occurred during the transportation of four to five kilogrammes of explosives,\u201d the SSP told Geo News in an interview later. He elaborated that the explosives were being transported on a motorcycle.
\n\u201cTwo people involved in the transportation were killed while one was injured,\u201d Abbasi said, adding that the identities of the suspects were being determined.
\nMeanwhile, KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur took notice of the incident and sought a report from the provincial police chief, according to a statement released by the CM Office.
\nIn a press release issued by the Prime Minister\u2019s Office, PM Shehbaz Sharif strongly condemned the blast and prayed for the high ranks of the departed souls.
\nThe premier directed the provision of the best medical treatment to the injured and reiterated his resolve to eliminate terrorism in the country.
\nNational Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq also condemned the blast and expressed grief over the loss of innocent lives.
\nPakistan has witnessed an uptick in terror activities in the past year, especially in KP and Balochistan after the banned militant Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan ended its ceasefire with the government in November 2022.
\nA day earlier, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said 10 militants were killed in two separate operations by security forces in the North Waziristan district.
\nAccording to an annual security report issued by the Centre for Research and Security Studies, Pakistan witnessed 1,524 violence-related fatalities and 1,463 injuries from 789 terror attacks and counter-terror operations in 2023 \u2014 marking a record six-year high.
\nKP and Balochistan were the primary centres of violence, accounting for over 90 per cent of all fatalities and 84pc of attacks, including incidents of terrorism and security forces operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Peshawar At least two people were killed while one suffered injuries in a blast near the Board Bazaar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\u2019s Peshawar early Sunday morning, officials said. Speaking to the media, Peshawar Senior Superintendent of Police (Operations) Kashif Aftab Abbasi said teams of the Counter Terrorism Department and other law enforcement agencies had arrived at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392758,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-392733","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n