Peshawar: An explosion jolted the city of Peshawar today where some 11 people were reported killed and 50 injured.
The explosion took place in a truck parked in Pearl Continental Hotel Peshawar that killed 11 people and some 50 injured according to media reports.
The truck was carrying some 500 Kg of explosive and it was detonated in the parking of the hotel and it has created a huge crater at the spot.
It was a massive suicide attack on the five start hotel in the cantonment area of the city that shook the whole city.
The security was already on high alert in Peshawar and there were reports of some possible attack on the important buildings of the city.
Some unknown assailants opened the fire at the security guards of the hotel and then an explosion took place.
The hotel had its own security arrangements and there were sniffer dogs at the main gate and it seems a serious security lapse, according to reports.
The information minister of N.W.F.P, Mian Iftikhar Hussain, condemned the attack and termed it a cowardly attack.
He said that the terrorists would not deter us and we will continue to target them and their hideouts
A UN official was also killed in the attack, according to medics from Lady Reading hospital Peshawar.
The emergency has been declared in all the hospitals of the city and the injured were taken to Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar.