Blasts across northwest Pak kill 38

The attacker detonated his suicide jacket as Muhammad was delivering a sermon to a group of worshippers in the mosque at Wana. About 30 were injured.

Officials said the toll could rise as many of the injured were critical.

Witnesses said the bomber,who joined the worshippers,suddenly blew himself up.

Earlier in the day,eight persons were killed and 10 injured when a bomb ripped through a jirga or tribal council in Kurram tribal region.

The remote-controlled blast occurred when the jirga was meeting in Khomcha area to settle a dispute regarding the ownership of a school. A school teacher who was acting as a mediator was among those killed.

In the third attack,three members of a peace committee or anti-Taliban militia and a child were killed and six more injured when a roadside bomb went off in Mattani area,30 km south of Peshawar.

Police said the bomb targeted a vehicle of the peace committee. Police launched a search for the attackers. No group claimed responsibility for the three attacks.