Pakistan Peshawar Suicide Bomb Kills Many

The explosion is reported to have taken place at a police investigation bureau in the Swati Pathak area, which is close to the Pakistani army garrison. Photo by BGNES

At least eleven people have died in a bomb blast in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police officials say.

The explosion is reported to have taken place at a police investigation bureau in the Swati Pathak area, which is close to the Pakistani army garrison, the BBC reported.

Security has been tightened across Pakistan after a series of attacks in Lahore and the north-west on Thursday .

About 40 people died in those attacks, the latest in a recent wave of brazen militant assaults across the country.

Friday's attack is thought have been caused by a suicide car bomb.