Peshawar : At least 17 people were killed and 25 others injured today when a bomb exploded inside a bus carrying government employees here in Pakistan's restive northwest.
The incident occurred on Charsadda road in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The bus was carrying government employees of the civil secretariat, local police said.
The employees were on their way back home after duty hours.
Seven bodies and nine injured have been shifted to district hospital in Charsadda while eight bodies and 18 injured have been shifted to Lady Reading Hospital where condition of five is stated to be critical.