Pakistan’s Taliban, also allies of militants in neighbouring Afghanistan, are waging a campaign of mostly suicide bombings in a bid to topple the government. - File Photo

LOWER DIR: A remote-controlled bomb blast in the Maidan area of Lower Dir on Tuesday killed a local leader belonging to a political party, DawnNews reported.

Sources told DawnNews that the bomb, believed to be detonated through a remote-controlled device, killed the Awami National Party's (ANP) district president. The blast also injured three other people.

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