Two state-run schools blown up by militants in Pak

There were no casualties as the schools were empty at the time of the blasts,the officials said.

A local resident said he had heard three explosions.

Both schools were recently constructed and classes were yet to start in them.

The destruction of schools in the suburbs of Peshawar,the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province,by militants has registered a significant increase in the past few weeks.

The Taliban have banned the education of girls in northwest Pakistan.

In the past few years,militants have destroyed hundreds of schools,especially in the restive Swat valley and the adjoining tribal belt.