Bomb blast on bus kills nine in northwest Pakistan: officials

Peshawar: A bomb exploded on a bus in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Saturday, killing at least nine people and wounded seven others, officials said.

"At least nine passengers have been killed and seven injured. Bomb disposal officials told me that it was a timed device," Fazal Wahid, a senior police official told AFP.

Shafi Ullah Khan, another police official confirmed the attack.