A former chief of a disbanded peace committee was today killed in a land mine explosion in Pakistan's restive northwest province.
Tribal elder Malik Subedar Nokar sustained serious injuries in a landmine explosion in Safi tehsil of the Mohmand Agency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, police said.
He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, they said.
The security forces cordoned off the area and started a search operation.
Meanwhile, four persons were arrested today by the special Unit of police for distributing pamphlets of a banned terrorist group in Peshawar.
They were distributing pamphlets of banned group asking people to join the group and not to vaccinate their children against polio virus.
They have been shifted to unknown location for interrogation.
