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HANGU, Feb 29: Unidentified assailants fired two missiles at the Wapda grid station in the Ghiljo area in Orakzai Agency on Saturday night and damaged the control room and its building, officials said on Sunday.
A missile hit the 11KV grid station and slightly damaged the control room, while the other landed on the nearby mountain, sub-divisional officer Mr Gohar told reporters.
He said the missiles were probably fired from the forest near the grid station. The boundary wall was completely damaged, while window panes in the building were smashed, he said, adding that all the expensive equipment were safe.
He said that officials of the political administration and Wapda reached the site soon after receiving the news of missile attack on the grid station. He said that action had already been initiated to identify the culprits.
BLAST: A device exploded inside a washroom in the Doaba police station here on Saturday morning and damaged the building, eyewitnesses and sources told Dawn.
The sources said the device, planted inside the washroom in the police station, went off in the morning and damaged the building. No loss of life was reported.
When the Doaba police station was contacted for comment on the matter, the officials denied any blast had occurred in the police station. However, the sources said that departmental investigation had already been initiated to fix responsibility.
