...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 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., killing him and his guard, according to police.
Ashraf Noor, an additional inspector general of police in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, was on his way to work when the attack occurred on Friday morning.
Local police official Zaman Khan said three others were maimed in the kaboom, which sent a plume of dark smoke rising above Peshawar's Hayatabad area.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
The attack was a latest in a series of attacks against the country's police services.
Earlier in November, bigwig Hamid Shakil was killed in a roadside kabooming that targeted his vehicle in the southwestern city of Quetta.