Nowshehra: 8 hurt as militants blow up Ajmal Khatak's shrine

An under construction mausoleum of ANP leader as well as poet Ajmal Khatak also destroyed.According to police, two bombs exploded intermittently in the graveyard, damaging under-construction building of the mausoleum for which about Rs 3 billion had been allocated by the provincial government.After mishap, police reached the site of occurrence and cordoned off the area and started search operation but nobody could be arrested.Provincial Minister for Information Mian Iftikhar Hussain condemned the incident and said that Ajmal Khatak was a great personality; he was hero of the nation. Terrorists have committed a cheap action by hitting the building.The injured persons including Dunya News spokesman Mehmoodul Hasan, were shifted to hospital by rescue teams.