Peshawar

But locals say that even the ranges that were once easily visible from places like Peshawar and Gilgit are often no longer seen.

Thursday's match between Peshawar Zalmi and Karachi Kings, due to be held in Rawalpindi, was postponed after Pakistan's military said Indian drones were destroyed in various Pakistan cities.

A security official in the provincial capital Peshawar told AFP that the negotiators' helicopter had come under fire as it arrived in the region.

Dozens of others were injured in the blast, which happened as a popular morning train was about to leave Quetta station in southwestern Pakistan for Peshawar.

The 31-year-old watched the first Test on TV at home in Peshawar before being recalled to win his ninth cap for Pakistan.