Bomb and mortar attacks killed at least two people and wounded 21 others in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar, a gateway to the tribal badlands

Bomb and mortar attacks killed at least two people and wounded 21 others in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar, a gateway to the tribal badlands, police said on Saturday.
  
"A remote-controlled bomb exploded as a police van carrying four prisoners passed by an abandoned tin of vegetable oil in Peshawar city on Saturday, killing one policeman and wounding 17 others," local police official Mohammed Asif said. A woman and four policemen were among those wounded.
  
Another local police official, Javed Iqbal, also confirmed the incident and casualties. Nobody claimed responsibility for the blast but Islamist militants have carried out several attacks in the city.
  
A taxi driver was killed when a mortar bomb hit his cab in the upmarket Hayatabad area of Peshawar on Friday night, police official Tahir Ayub said. Ayub said the headquarters of the paramilitary Frontier Constabulary in the area was apparently the target of the mortar bombs fired from the neighbouring Khyber tribal region.
  
"However, three mortars landed in open spaces while three others hit a house, a taxi cab and a shop," he said, adding that at least four people were wounded in the attack.