A series of explosions rocked Peshawar and Dir cities in North-West Pakistan killing at least 38 people and injuring over a hundred. The first blast occured at a rest house in Lower Dir district where Awami National Party was holding its meeting to celebrate the government's decision to rename the North-Western Frontier Province as Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa. The nature of the blast could not be immediately ascertained though TV channels claimed that it was a massive suicide attack. In other incidents five separate blasts were reported in Peshawar city with reports saying that the US Consulte building in the city was the target.