Bomb targeting convey of foreign diplomats kills policeman in Pakistan and injures four more

A policeman has been killed by an IED blast that targeted a convoy of overseas diplomats travelling successful Pakistan.  

The diplomats were travelling to a tourer country successful Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan and is simply a basal for militant groups, including the Pakistani Taliban.

The blast, which near 4 much injured, occurred astatine the tourer spot and elevation presumption of Malam Jabba, 1 of Pakistan's 2 skis resorts, astir 155 miles northbound of the provincial superior Peshawar.

The diplomats successful the convoy were from Indonesia, Portugal, Kazakhstan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Turkmenistan, Vietnam, Iran, Russia and Tajikistan.

All of them are harmless and a dense information contingent is astatine the scene, constabulary serviceman Javed Khan said.

They were visiting the country astatine the invitation of the section enclosure of commerce and industry, Mr Khan added.

A connection from the Foreign Ministry said an beforehand scout constabulary conveyance was deed by an IED.

The diplomats person since returned to the superior Islamabad.

'Our sympathies are with the families of the policeman. We honour our instrumentality enforcement authorities that stay steadfast successful the look of terrorists,' said the ministry.

There was nary assertion of work for the attack.

In a abstracted incident, successful southwest Balochistan province, gunmen opened occurrence connected a information patrol squad successful Zhob territory and killed 2 officers connected Saturday night.

A 3rd died from his injuries connected Sunday, said adjunct constabulary inspector Ghulam Muhammad.