Grenade event in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Risalpur area of Nowshera District area, Pakistan on Wed 26th July 2023

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Pir Muhammad Aslam's house was partially damaged after a hand grenade was thrown into the hujra (male guesthouse) in Risalpur area of Nowshera District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in the night of July 26, reports The News. Pir Muhammad Aslam said that he had received an extortion letter from the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on July 1. TTP militants had demanded PKR 10 million in extortion, threatening him with dire consequences if the money was not paid. Aslam also claimed that the militants later made phone calls from Pakistani numbers on July 21 and 26, threatening him that his entire family would be eliminated if the said amount of extortion money was not delivered immediately.