Several killed in Pakistan blast

**At least three people are reported to have been killed in a bomb attack in the Pakistani city of Peshawar.**Reports quoting police say the blast occurred near a KFC fast food restaurant in an area where many lawyers have their offices.

Local TV showed black smoke rising from a building and burning cars.

The explosion comes a day after 35 people were killed in a militant attack on a mosque near the Pakistani army’s headquarters in Rawalpindi.

Speaking about the Peshawar blast, the region’s information minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said: “It seems that the explosives were planted in the car, and it exploded through a remote control.”

Several people were seen clinging to windows in one building that was on fire, shouting for help.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.