...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.
's Kohati gate area killed 80 people and maimed over 100 others on Sunday.
The victims of the blast included children and women who were shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital.
Earlier, Chief Executive of LRH, Dr Arshad Jawed told Dawn.com that 61 people had been killed in the attack.
The blast also shattered the windows of nearby buildings.
Additional Inspector General Shafqat Malik of the Bomb Disposal Squad told media persons that two jacket wallahs had carried out the attack and that body parts of the attackers had been recovered and sent for forensic examinations.
He added that six kilograms of explosives were used in the boom jackets of the bombers.
Capital City Police Chief, Mohammad Ali Babakhel said, "the first attack happened when services had finished and people were leaving the church.The suicide bomber tried to attack the people, but when he was stopped by the police he detonated the bomb. The second blast was carried out inside the church."
Moreover, SP (City) Ismail Tariq also confirmed that two attackers shot up the security guards deployed at the church killing one guard and injuring the other before entering the church premesis.
The two bomber detonated their explosive vests within an interval of 30 seconds after entering the church.
Markets and shops in the locality closed down in the vicintity as tension and panic griped the area after the incident.
Moreover, enraged protestors erupted into the streets and set ablaze the belongings of the police personnel who were deputed at the church for security.
All Saints Church resembles a mosque and has served as a symbol for peace and harmony.
Kohati Gate area is one of the sensitive localilties in Peshawar, where at least three churches and several imambargahs are located.
Moreover arrangements for the funeral services of the blast victims were being made at the St John's Cathedral in the city.
Meanwhile another kaboom in 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...
's Sibi area injured nine persons on Sunday and damaged several cars and shops in the vicinity of the blast.
Police sources said that the bomb was planted on a cycle of violence which was remotely detonated on Nishtar road in Sibi's Karim chowk area.
All injured were shifted to Civil hospital Sibi where the condition of two maimed was reported as critical.
Security and rescue reams reached the blast site and cordoned off the area as a probe into the incident went underway.
The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) have distanced themselves from the attack and denied that they were responsible.
Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
condemned the attack in a statement sent to news hounds, saying, ''The Death Eaters have no religion and targeting innocent people is against the teachings of Islam and all religions.''
''Such cruel acts of terrorism reflect the brutality and inhumane mindset of the terrorists,'' he said.
Three days of mourning declared
Federal Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan announced a nationwide three-day mourning period in the aftermath of the attack on Peshawar's All Saint's Church.
Expressing outrage on behalf of the prime minister and the president, Nisar said that he was shocked by the brutality of the attack and condemned it in the strongest terms.
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
government had also declared three days of mourning.