Peshawar: A powerful bomb ripped through a bus carrying government employees in Pakistan's Peshawar city today, killing at least 15 people and injuring 30 others.

The blast took place as a bomb placed inside the bus exploded when the vehicle packed with government employees reached Peshawar from Mardan. The bomb exploded when the private bus was on Sunehri Masjid Road as it was taking civil secretariat employees for duty.