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| Blast inside Peshawar shrine |
| 2014-10-17 |
| [DAWN] A kaboom took place on the premises of a shrine at Peshtakhara in the suburbs 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. on Wednesday, but no one was hurt in the kaboom. The shrine of Syed Abdul Qudoos Shah commonly known as Hazrat Baba is located in the graveyard near Peshtakhara cop shoppe. A complainant Iftikhar Ali Shah told local police said that the bomb had been packed in a black plastic bag. "I usually come to the shrine in the afternoon for cleanliness but on Wednesday arrived two hours before routine. I saw a black shopper beside the saint's grave and upon checking found a mobile phone and explosives in it," he said. The complainant said that he left the packet on the same place and ran out of the premises, but as he came out a huge blast took place. He said that no one was hurt in the blast as the shrine was deserted at that time. |
| Posted by:Fred |