At least 18 people were killed and 52 others were injured in multiple blasts on Friday outside a district court in Pakistan's northwestern region.
Two bombs were detonated in the city of Mardan in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to the officials. The number of casualty is expected to rise.
"So far we recovered 12 bodies of the lawyers, police personnel and civilians. Besides this, we rescued 52 injured, including lawyers, police personnel and civilians from the spot," chief rescue officer in Mardan, Haris Habib was quoted as saying by Reuters.
More details of the blasts are awaited.
Attack on Christian colony
Earlier on Friday, four heavily-armed suicide attackers stormed a Christian colony in Peshawar and opened fire at civilians. The firing left one person dead and several injured. Two of the attackers later were gunned down by the security forces and two of them detonated themselves.
The terrorists, who were clothed in bomb-laden jackets, struck around 6 a.m., according to reports.
The Christian Colony is on the outskirts of Peshawar, near military academic institutes. The initial target of the attack were these military colleges, but forces were alert and the terrorists directed their assault on the neighbouring Christian Colony.
