Blast at Hangu IDP camp leaves seven dead

E-Paper | March 17, 2026

PESHAWAR: At least seven people died and 11 others were injured in a blast at displaced persons' camp in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Tog Sarai area of Hangu.

The injured were immediately taken to District Headquarters Hospital for treatment.

Police sources said Sunday the bomb explosion occurred inside Mohammad Khawaja IDPs camp bazaar where the tribesmen from Orakzai Agency were residing.

Deputy Superintended of Police (DSP) Hangu Falak Nawaz told Dawn that the explosion was caused by a remote controlled improvised explosive device (IED).

The explosive was planted on a motorcycle, District Police Officer (DPO) Anwar Saeed Kundi added.

Security personnel were immediately sent to the site.

Hangu, racked by sectarian violence, had been on the frontline of a seven-year-long Taliban insurgency borders the semi-autonomous Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).

It also borders the northwestern tribal region of Orakzai, one of Pakistan's seven lawless districts on the Afghan border considered to be the hub of Taliban and Al Qaeda-linked militants.

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Harmony

Sep 28, 2014 04:51pm

Total failure on the part of Imran Khan. Wayyyyyyyyyyy past first 90 days. Every body should remember that.

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Jat

Sep 28, 2014 04:52pm

Jiye Jiye Imran Khan and Khattak Dance.

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Raju

Sep 28, 2014 05:14pm

People are dying in KPK and the provinical government is busy staging concert tonight in Lahore...shame on PTI and I feel sorry for their blind supporters

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Haider Rehman

Sep 28, 2014 06:43pm

@Harmony Is the mission of your life to blame IK for everything? "Hangu, racked by sectarian violence, had been on the frontline of a seven-year-long Taliban insurgency borders the semi-autonomous Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata)." PTI does not rule tribal areas, they are federally administrated. Military Operation is underway to destroy all militants. Please use logical reasons to support your arguments.

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Human First

Sep 28, 2014 08:29pm

Aag hy awlad e Ibrahim hy namrud hy- Kiya kisi ko phir kisi ka imtihan maqsud hy.

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Junaid

Sep 28, 2014 09:13pm

People are dying in KPK and Imran Khan is wasting millions of rupees on dharnas in order to boost his ego. I feel sorry for KPK. Shame on you, IK!

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Ahmer

Sep 28, 2014 09:25pm

I will not rule out the hand of the enemies of PTI in it in order to discredit the protest at Minar-e-Pakistan.

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Moiz Omar

Sep 29, 2014 01:10am

R.I.P.

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Zahid

Sep 29, 2014 01:44am

This is the trailer of naya Pakistan since words don't mean anything and real results mean everything. Imran's rhetoric might be right but he has shown no results in kpk at all.

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Ahmer

Sep 29, 2014 10:02am

An act of the enemies of PTI to malign its Govt in KP.

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