Peshawar/ Mardan: A security advisory was issued to the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) office in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Mardan district a day before the deadly attack,, but Nadra failed to adopt necessary preemptive measures.
On Tuesday, a Taliban suicide bomber riding a motorcycle crashed into the office’s main gate, killing 26 people and injuring dozens of others.
According to the official documents, the Nadra office management was repeatedly advised to adopt security arrangements. Finally, on October 16, the concerned officials even refused to receive the advisory.
The alert and the management’s refusal to comply with the advisory were maintained in a logbook, the documents stated. The first advisory was issued on January 7.
“The police department repeatedly asked Nadra office management, but it refused to comply with the direction,” a senior official said, requesting not to be named as he was authorized to talk to the media.
 office in Mardan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, received a security advice a day before the attack but failed to take precautions.){kind=link}