Pakistan mosque blast: What is behind the deadly attack

Experts say the TTP have been emboldened by the Afghan Taliban (pictured) The new political and military leaders who came in after he was ousted last year didn't agree with the militants' demands and stopped talking to the Pakistani Taliban. As a result the TTP ended the ceasefire in November and resumed attacks. Ashraf Ali, who runs a blood donation organisation, said people in Peshawar were living in fear. "I, along with my family and all the citizens, are in deep trauma. People are scared here," he told the BBC. "Everyone is worried about what is going to happen next because it was a long journey from terrorism to tourism in Peshawar and now again Peshawar has been badly affected with terrorism." Map to show location of blast IMAGE SOURCE,. Pakistan says its forces are ready to take on the militants. But the police remain ill-equipped to fight the highly trained and well-armed insurgents. Recent militant attacks include overrunning police stations - in some cases police did not offer resistance. The public want the violence ended once and for all, and experts are now calling for an all-out military operation to beat the militants, as happened in 2014. But Pakistanis are dejected and critical of the state's attempts to deal with militancy, which has gone on for two decades in a cycle that seems to keep repeating itself. Many think there are still elements within the Pakistan security and civil establishment who are soft on the militants and that's the reason the threat isn't tackled properly