Police said the convoy travelling from Parachinar to Peshawar was targetted in the attack, which has left multiple people injured including three women, in addition to the killings.
"Peaceful protest is our constitutional right. No foreign dignitary, including from India, has been given an invitation to PTI to attend the protest," Barrister Gohar Khan said amid rumours of Jaishankar joining the protest during his upcoming visit to Pakistan.
A man was fatally attacked by an enraged mob over allegations of desecrating the Holy Quran in the picturesque Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwest Pakistan. This was the second such incident in a month.
On Saturday, while travelling from Drazinda to Dera Ismail Khan, the bus was stopped by TTP terrorists in Daraban Tehsil. They compelled the passengers to alight against their will.
The report came a day after Pakistan's Punjab province Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif said Chinese nationals get "resentful" when they are asked to follow protocols in the country and said they don't want to follow discipline.
The blast was carried out using an improvised explosive device (IED) on the Peshawar-bound vehicle, said Warsak SP Mohammad Arshad Khan.
According to a PTI report, the 35-year-old Manmohan Singh was attacked by unknown persons while he was on his way to Peshawar's interior city area. This is the second attack on a Sikh man in Peshawar in the last 48 hours.
Local police officer Iqbal Khan said Maulana Nigar Alam, 40, was killed Saturday night by demonstrators in Sawaldher village of Mardan district northeast of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
As many as six police officers were injured in attack on police station in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The bomber disguised himself in a police uniform to sneak into the high-security zone. He was riding a motorcycle with a helmet and mask on, a top police official said.
India on Tuesday strongly condemned the terror attack in Pakistani city of Peshawar. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said India extended its deep condolences to families of the victims of Monday's attack.
Notably, on Monday, terrorists unleashed an explosion in a crowded mosque inside a highly secured police compound in the city of Peshawar, resulting in the killing of at least 59 security personnel.
A bomber sneaked into the compound of the Peshawar Police headquarters on Monday. He set off his explosives at a time when more than 300 worshippers were offering prayers at a nearby mosque.
Pakistan news: Local media reported that the passenger punched and kicked the seats and then laid down on the floor with his face down.
In March this year, gunmen in northwestern Pakistan shot and killed a female polio worker as she was returning home after taking part in the country's latest anti-polio campaign.
In a statement, the air force said no damage was caused on the ground and it ordered an investigation to determine what caused the crash.
Pakistan has been a mainstay on index since its inception in 2008, Geo News reported. Somalia remains the world's worst country for unsolved killings of journalists, according to CPJ's annual Global Impunity Index.
Former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has condemned the killing of a well-known Sikh 'hakeem' inside his clinic in Pakistan's restive northwestern city of Peshawar.
According to the 2017 census, Hindus constitute the largest religious minority in Pakistan. Christians make up the second largest religious minority. The Ahmadis, Sikhs and Parsis are also among the notable religious minorities in Pakistan.
Seven persons from one group and two jirga members were killed. Six others were injured of whom the condition of two is stated to be critical.
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