The blast took place at about 8.50 a.m. when the suicide bomber detonated herself at the main entrance of the district court in Nowshera, a city which is about 50 km east of Peshawar, reported Xinhua qouting TV channel Duniya.

Three police personnel were among the eight who were injured.The wounded were taken to hospital.Following the killing of Osama bin Laden by US special forces in Abbottabad May 2, Al Qaeda and Pakistan Taliban have vowed to avenge the death of the Al Qaeda leader.