A bomb exploded Sunday outside the home of agriculture minister Arbab Ayub Jan in Peshawar, with initial reports saying three people were wounded, police said.
The minister said the explosion took place just after visitors to his house had left by car. Three of the guests were injured.
“It was a remote-controlled device planted under a billboard near my house,” Jan told AFP by telephone.
“Perhaps those responsible thought I was in the car.”
Senior police officer Mohammad Ejaz told AFP, “We have rushed teams to find out details. Initial reports say that three people were wounded.”
Sunday’s blast was the first since US navy commandos killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a covert operation in Pakistan a week ago.
Three wounded in Peshawar blast
