Close X
Sunday, November 17, 2024
ADVT 
International

Six killed, 12 injured in Pakistan van blast

Darpan News Desk IANS, 04 Oct, 2014 09:06 AM
  • Six killed, 12 injured in Pakistan van blast
At least six people were killed and 12 injured Saturday when a blast occurred in a passenger van in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkwa province, Geo News reported.
 
The incident occurred in Kohat city's Peshawar Chowk in the morning. 
 
Miscreants had planted a bomb near the bus stand, police said, adding the bodies and injured were rushed to hospital. The van was destroyed for which five kilogramme explosives were used.
 
It was the second attack on a passenger bus in the province. Earlier, seven people were killed in the previous blast that took place in Peshawar, according to Dawn online.
 
The province is witnessing what appears to be a blowback from the military operation in the tribal region of North Waziristan.
 
The provincial capital of Peshawar has also witnessed a sudden rise in attacks that have targeted police and military officials along with civilian interests.

MORE International ARTICLES

Indian's body lying in UAE morgue for two years

Indian's body lying in UAE morgue for two years
The body of an expatriate Indian has been lying in a morgue in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the last two years as his family members refused to claim his body, media reported Wednesday.

Indian's body lying in UAE morgue for two years

Press freedom in India declines with elections: Report

Press freedom in India declines with elections: Report
India's score in press freedom declined by a point, to 39, to reflect increased interference in content by media owners in the run-up to the 2014 elections, according to a Freedom House report released Thursday.

Press freedom in India declines with elections: Report

Sri Lanka condemns Chennai bomb blasts

Sri Lanka condemns Chennai bomb blasts
Sri Lanka has strongly condemned the twin blasts that took place at the Chennai Central railway station Thursday morning killing one woman and injuring 14 others, the country's foreign ministry said in a statement.

Sri Lanka condemns Chennai bomb blasts

Sikhs, Muslims object to headgear ban at US amusement park

Sikhs, Muslims object to headgear ban at US amusement park
They have filed complaints alleging religious discrimination against a California amusement park after a couple of families wearing religious headgear were denied access to riding go-karts due to "safety concerns".

Sikhs, Muslims object to headgear ban at US amusement park

Pakistan eager to work with new Indian government, says envoy

Pakistan eager to work with new Indian government, says envoy
Pakistan is closely watching the unfolding parliamentary elections in India and is eager to work with whichever government come to power, its High Commissioner Abdul Basit said here Wednesday.

Pakistan eager to work with new Indian government, says envoy

US places India on IPR Priority Watch List

US places India on IPR Priority Watch List
The US Wednesday put India and nine other countries on its Priority Watch List to highlight what it called "growing concerns with respect to the environment for Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection and enforcement".

US places India on IPR Priority Watch List