Pakistan’s first explosive-handling school opens in K-P

Police chief says a 500-man BDS unit will be trained in finding explosive material hidden underground

NOWSHERA: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has established the country's first explosive-handling school to train bomb disposal squads (BDS), Express News reported.

K-P Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak inaugurated the school. K-P IG Nasir Durrani gave the chief minister a tour of the facility, while BDS personnel performed a demonstration of finding explosive material buried underground.

Addressing the media on the occasion, IG Nasir Durrani said that BDS personnel will be trained to international standards at the facility, adding that in the first phase, a 500-man unit will acquire expertise in finding explosive material hidden underground and in various objects.