PESHAWAR, Jan 22: At least three CD and music shops were blown up in two back-to-back blasts near the traffic police lines at Bacha Khan Chowk here on Tuesday evening.

An official of Faqirabad police station said that dynamites were planted near the shops that went off one after another. However, the blast caused no casualty and people present in the area remind unhurt, he added. The official said that the blasts also damaged the power supply system and caused panic among the people in the area.—Bureau Report

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