இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதம்:பெனசீர் புட்டோ கட்சி அலுவலகத்தில் தற்கொலை குண்டு வெடிப்பு: 21 பேர் பலி

பெனசீர் புட்டோ அலுவலகத்தின் முன்னால் இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதி தற்கொலை குண்டு வெடித்ததில் 21 பொதுமக்கள் பலியானார்கள்.

21 killed in blast outside PPP office
Maya Mirchandani
Saturday, February 16, 2008 (Islamabad)
Twenty-one people were killed and several injured when a bomb went off outside an election office of the Pakistan People's Party in a northwestern tribal area on the last day of electioneering in Pakistan.

The blast occurred outside the election office of PPP candidate Riaz Hussain Shah at a market in Parachinar, the main town of Kurram Agency on Saturday.

Shah, who was in the office at the time, escaped unhurt, officials said.

Political officials of the area said the bomb was believed to have been hidden in a car parked outside the office. The blast occurred hours before the end of campaigning at midnight for the February 18 general election.

Pakistan government has deployed nearly 500,000 security personnel, including 81,000 soldiers, to maintain law and order during the polls.

Kurram Agency had witnessed fierce sectarian clashes between Shias and Sunnis in the last few months. (With PTI inputs)