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IED defused near bus stand in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: An improvised explosive device (IED), weighing three to four kilograms, was defused near the Haji Camp Bus Stand in Peshawar by Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) personnel on Thursday.

“Three to four kilograms of explosive material was used in the making of the bomb which was also fitted with a remote controlled detonator,” a BDS personnel told media. “The bomb was planted along the roadside near the bus stand.”

Police also claimed to have arrested a suspicious person from the vicinity.

M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.