bomb attack on CD shop in Lachi bazar

Nine persons were injured in a bomb blast at a CD shop in Lachi Bazaar of Kohat district on Tuesday.


Police said that militants had planted a time device outside the CD shop near Tehsil Municipal Office in Lachi Bazaar. The device went off and destroyed the shop completely, they said.

They said that at least nine persons received injuries in the blast, which created panic in the busy bazaar, situated on Indus Highway.

The owner of the shop, Abdur Rehman, who was seriously injured in the blast, was shifted to KDA hospital along with other victims.

The bomb disposal squad said that an improvised explosive device weighing about four kilograms was used in the blast.

This was the second blast in Lachi where militants have been issuing life threats to the owners of CD shops since long.

Talks between traders and political authorities failed

posted in dawn


The final round of talks between the political administration and traders’ organisation over reopening of the Inayat Kallay bazaar ended inconclusive on Thursday.




The political authorities and the Anjuman Tajiran held several rounds of talks to reopen the bazaar closed for 16 months.



An official privy to the meeting told Dawn the traders rejected the terms and conditions set by the political administration for reopening of the bazaar, which led to failure of the negotiations.



The terms presented by the administration to traders included maintenance of peace, barring the entry of armed men in the bazaar, protecting security personnel from militant attacks, handing over of those responsible for the killing of a Levies man some months ago in the bazaar and payment of Rs500,000 as compensation to his family members.