Three people lost their lives after a suicide blast ripped through a wedding at a peace committee leader’s residence in Dera Ismail Khan, police said on Friday night.
The law enforcers said seven others, including Aman Committee head Noor Alam Mehsud, were injured during the blast, which occurred at his residence near Qureshi Mor.
According to police, the explosion took place while the marriage event was underway, resulting in multiple people sustaining injuries. The injured were immediately shifted to the hospital for medical treatment. Five have been transported to the DHQ Trauma Centre.
Police officials said the nature of the blast is being determined. However, initial investigations suggest that the explosion appears to be a suicide attack. The miscreants also resorted to firing after bombing.
The deceased have been identified as Waheedullah Mehsud alias Jigri, Abdul Majeed Lagri Advocate and an unidentified 29-year-old youth.
Meanwhile, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has strongly condemned the suicide blast, and sought immediate report from the provincial police chief.
He also directed the authorities concerned to provide best medical facilities to injured.
Calling the incident “unfortunate”, the chief minister said that those responsible for the blast will be brought to justice.
Pakistan has experienced a rise in cross-border terrorist incidents since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in 2021. The provinces of KP and Balochistan, which border Afghanistan, have been particularly affected by these attacks.
ISPR Director General Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, in his presser on January 6, said that law enforcement agencies carried out 75,175 IBOs across the country in 2025.
Giving a breakdown, he said 14,658 IBOs were conducted in KP, 58,778 in Balochistan, while 1,739 operations took place in the rest of the country.
Lt Gen Chaudhry said that 5,397 terrorism incidents were reported nationwide during the last year. Of these, 3,811 incidents, he said, occurred in KP, 1,557 in Balochistan, and 29 incidents were reported in other parts of the country.
He said that 2,597 terrorists were killed during counterterror operations last year. While providing details of 10 major terror attacks across the country, he said that civilians and soft targets had been deliberately targeted, and Afghan militants were involved in all attacks.
Pakistan has time and again called on the Afghan Taliban regime in Kabul to prevent its soil from being used by terrorists against Pakistan, and the issue recently resulted in heightened tensions featuring cross-border attacks by the Afghan side, resulting in retaliation from Pakistani forces as well.
This is a developing story and is being updated with further details.
