Peshawar: Unknown men attacked the house of a Parachinar-based journalist Mohammad Ali Turi in Pakistan with a hand grenade, media reports said on Friday.

The unknown attackers also reportedly tried to put the house on fire.

Mohammad Ali Turi is the producer of a local radio and a private TV channel.

The attack damaged different sections of the house including rooms, beside damaging doors, windowpanes and a vehicle parked inside the house, reports The Nation.

The family of the journalist remained safe.

Talking to media at the residence of Mohammad Ali Turi, the District Police Officer (DPO), Kurram told The Nation that an FIR of the incident had been registered and a joint committee had also been formed for conducting investigation into the incident on modern lines, saying the culprits would be arrested soon.