People push a stretcher carrying an injured victim after a mosque blast inside the police headquarters, at a hospital in Peshawar on January 30, 2023.—Photo by Zafar Iqbal/AFP
Security forces including police officers have increasingly been the target of assaults, claimed mostly by the proscribed TTP.
Peshawar reeled a day after a mosque blast at a police headquarters in the city’s Police Lines area left more than 92 people martyred and wounded 150 more.
As of Tuesday, bodies — mostly of police personnel — were still being pulled from the wreckage, a sobering reminder of the resurgence of terrorism in the country.
As authorities dither in devising a plan of action, the ultimate losers are the people: those who lost their lives, and those who survived this wanton carnage.
Some of the photos are graphic.
A woman reacts as she searches for her relatives, after a blast in a mosque in Peshawar on January 30, 2023.—Reuters/Fayaz Aziz
Rescue workers look for survivors under a collapsed roof, after a suicide blast in a mosque in Peshawar on January 30, 2023.—Reuters/Fayaz Aziz
A wounded policeman gets treated at a government hospital a day after the mosque blast inside the police headquarters in Peshawar on January 31, 2023. —Photo by Abdul Majeed/AFP
Rescue workers carry the remains of blast victims from the debris of a damaged mosque after a blast inside the police headquarters in Peshawar on January 30, 2023.—Photo by Abdul Majeed/AFP
Men, who were injured after a blast in a mosque, receive medical aid at a hospital in Peshawar on January 31, 2023.—Reuters/Fayaz Aziz
A man, who was injured after a blast in a mosque, receives medical aid at a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan January 31, 2023.—Reuters/Fayaz Aziz
A wounded policeman gets treated at a government hospital a day after the mosque blast inside the police headquarters in Peshawar on January 31, 2023. —Photo by Abdul Majeed/AFP
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff Gen Asim Munir visit an injured person, after a blast in a mosque, at a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan January 30, 2023.—Prime Minister’s Office/Handout via Reuters
Rescue workers carry the body of a victim after a blast in a mosque in Peshawar on January 30, 2023.—Reuters/Fayaz Aziz
Rescue workers are seen scouring the rubble for survivors, after a blast in a mosque in Peshawar on January 30, 2023.—Reuters/Fayaz Aziz
Rescue workers gather to remove the rubble to look for survivors, after a suicide blast in a mosque in Peshawar on January 30, 2023. — Reuters/Fayaz Aziz
An ambulance transports injured blast victims outside the police headquarters in Peshawar on January 30, 2023. — Photo by Abdul Majeed/ AFP
Police officers assist an injured officer, after a suicide blast in a mosque in Peshawar on January 30, 2023. — Reuters/Fayaz Aziz
Security personnel and rescue workers prepare to search for the blast victims in the debris of a damaged mosque inside the police headquarters in Peshawar on January 30, 2023. — Photo by Abdul Majeed/AFP
People and rescue workers gather amid the damages, after a suicide blast in a mosque in Peshawar on January 30, 2023. — Reuters/Fayaz Aziz
People and rescue workers remove the rubble, after a suicide blast in a mosque in Peshawar on January 30, 2023. — Reuters/Fayaz Aziz
Rescue workers use a crane to lift a portion of a collapsed roof, after a suicide blast in a mosque in Peshawar on January 30, 2023. —Reuters/Fayaz Aziz
Rescue workers drill a portion of a collapsed roof to look for survivors, after a suicide blast in a mosque in Peshawar on January 30, 2023. — Reuters/Fayaz Aziz
Military soldiers and police officers stand guard, after a suicide blast in a mosque in Peshawar on January 30, 2023. — Reuters/Fayaz Aziz
Header photo: People push a stretcher carrying an injured victim after a mosque blast inside the police headquarters, at a hospital in Peshawar on January 30, 2023.—Photo by Zafar Iqbal/AFP
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