The roadside bomb targeted a vehicle carrying Assistant Commissioner Faisal Sultan and his security team, according to district police chief Waqas Rafique, reports AP. 

Pakistan: Explosion kills assistant commissioner, 4 others in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur

In Pakistan, the death toll in the deadly blast has now topped 44 while more than 200 have been reported injured so far. Local authorities in northwest Pakistan reported that a massive bomb tore through a political event. On the outskirts of Khar in Pakistan's northwest Bajur district, which borders Afghanistan, the fundamentalist Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) party gathering was where the explosion occurred on Sunday.

Deadly explosion in Pakistan: 44 dead, more than 200 injured; motive of attack still unknown | WION

The first explosion took place at the Mall Road and injured two people. The second attack took place near a police checkpost in the same area and injured six people, including three security officials

Pakistan: At least 8 injured in twin blasts in Balochistan

'The military officials received information about the presence of terrorists in the area,' the military said in a statement

Four Pakistani army personnel killed in suicide attack

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the blast

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Both explosions happened in upscale areas of Lahore, but the nature of the blasts is still unknown

Pakistan: 8 killed, several injured as Lahore rocked by twin blasts