Nine injured in Peshawar blast

A bomb exploded in a police van near Bacha Khan Chowk in Peshwar, injuring nine people, Geo News reported. According to sources, miscreants had fixed a timed device in a police van near Bacha Khan Chowk and Jinnah Park that went off when the policemen were not present in the van. However due to the explosion, nine pedestrians were injured. The injured have been shifted to Lady Reading Hospital. The bomb disposal squad added, that the explosives weighed half a kilogram.