At least five people were killed and 10 injured in a suicide bomb blast at the residence of a peace committee member in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday night whilst wedding celebrations were going on.
In a statement, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Rescue 1122 spokesperson, Bilal Ahmed Faiz, said five bodies and 10 injured had been taken to the hospital.
District Police Officer of Dera Ismail Khan district, Sajjad Ahmed Sahibzada, confirmed that it was an incident of suicide bombing that occurred at the house of Noor Alam Mehsud, near Qureshi morr. Initial reports said peace committee leader Waheedullah Mehsud, alias Jigri Mehsud, was also among the dead.
As per reports, guests at the wedding were dancing when the attack happened. The impact of the blast was so severe that the room’s roof collapsed, hampering rescue operations and making it difficult for rescuers to reach those trapped under the debris.
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An emergency had been declared at the District Headquarter Hospital. Faiz said seven ambulances, a fire vehicle and a disaster vehicle had reached the site of the incident soon after it was reported, adding that a rescue operation was underway.
Authorities have cordoned off the area and launched an investigation into the incident.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister, Sohail Afridi, strongly condemned the blast and said those responsible would be brought to justice. He has sought a report from the KP inspector general of police.
Earlier this month, armed assailants had killed four members of a peace committee in KP’s Bannu district. Earlier in November 2025, seven people were killed when a peace committee office was attacked, also in KP’s Bannu district.
Police officials said that among those killed was a ‘good Talib’, a term used to refer to a former militant who has surrendered to the state, and the rest were his relatives.
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