QUETTA, Oct 23: A hand grenade was hurled on the house of a retired government officer on the Gulberg street near Zarghoon Road on Sunday night. No causality was reported.

According to sources some people riding a bicycle hurled the grenade on the house of Zafar Iqbal Awan, a retired officer of the agriculture department.

The grenade exploded in the lawn of the house, damaging parts of it.

ROCKETS FIRED: Three rockets were fired at a Frontier Corps checkpoint in Duki area of Loralai district on Sunday morning. The rockets exploded in an open area.

FC men at the checkpoint returned fire but the attackers escaped. No damage was reported.

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