Militants bomb Sufi shrine near Peshawar

Militants have bombed a Sufi shrine on the outskirts of Peshawar city of northwest Pakistan, the third such attack in the region since last week. The powerful bomb went off at the Phandu Baba shrine in Chamkani, a suburb of the provincial capital, late on Saturday though there were no casualties. The blast caused extensive damage to the shrine. Police said the bomb contained three kilograms of explosives. The explosion was heard in most parts of Peshawar.