PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's home department on Friday released the initial report on the Dera Ismail Khan suicide bombing that claimed the life of provincial law minister Israrullah Gandapur on Wednesday, DawnNews reported.

Seven others were killed and over 30 people were wounded in the bombing that took place outside Gandapur’s residence in D I Khan’s tehsil Kullachi. Gandapur's elder brother was also wounded in the attack.

The report said the suicide attacker blew himself up as soon as he embraced the minister on the occasion of Eidul Azha.

It added that the bomber was a local, wore a turban and had also spoken with the minister in a regional language before carrying out the attack.

His age was between 20 to 22 years, the report said.

Gandapur was a member of the ruling party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI), a party led by former cricketer Imran Khan which favours peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban.

He is the most senior member of the party to have been killed so far.

Following Gandapur’s killing, the KP cabinet in a special meeting on Thursday approved the establishment of an anti-terrorism task force to be led by the Inspector General of Police.

The force is to comprise of members of all law enforcement and intelligence agencies including army, Frontier Corps and Frontier Constabulary.

The cabinet also demanded of the centre to return the Frontier Constabulary's platoons back to KP so that they may be deployed at sensitive places for controlling law and order and fighting terrorism.