Blast in travel agency rocks Peshawar

Police starts investigations, says no casualties in the incident. Bomb Disposal Squad is inspecting the area.

PESHAWAR: The office of a travel agency located in the Shoba Bazaar area of Peshawar was damaged in an explosion late on Monday night.

The blast took place inside the office of Link Travel Agency, within the remits of East Cantt police station.

Local residents, talking to The Express Tribune, said that the explosion took place at around 10 pm inside the agency’s office in Chinar Building. They added that the office was closed when the explosion took place.

An official of the East Cantt police station said that they have cordoned off the area and an investigation is currently underway. “The damage seems to be limited to the office so far and we have called the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) to check it,” he said, adding that it was premature to jump to any conclusions at this point.

Meanwhile, Rescue 1122 sources said that they rushed to the area after receiving information of a blast but the police had told them that there were no casualties in the explosion.