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PTI election office, shops blown up in Peshawar
[Dawn] Suspected cut-throats blew up Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf
...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
 election office and three shops at two different places in the suburbs of the provincial metropolis on Saturday.

According to an official of Mathra cop shoppe, an improvised bomb was planted near the PTI election office located at Pejagi Road, which went off early in the morning.

The official said that usually police pass through the area in the morning, but this morning police changed the routine and escaped the attack. He said that it seemed that terrorists' target was the PTI election office. The election office was shut and there was no one there at the time of the blast.

"The blast took place at about 6:00am and that is why the people remained safe," the official said and added that about two kilogramme of explosives packed in a canister had been used in the blast.

Also, three shops were blown up at Zwera Bazaar near Sherikera. A source in the area said that two huge blasts took place at about 1:30am on Saturday, but the people could not move towards the blast sites due to fear of attack by gunnies. "We visited the bazaar in the morning and saw that three shops were completely destroyed and some others partially damaged," the source said. He said that the area was located very close to the Frontier Region Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
 where police's role was next to nil. He said that people knew about those involved in such sabotage acts because they frequently threatened them through telephone calls, but none of them could dare to open mouth against the terrorists.

In Kalaya, a motorcade of brother of Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
 candidate Raj Mohammad was attacked with a remote-controlled bomb at Uthmankhel area.

The motorcade was going to Ferozkhel from Ondkhel Chon Jana for election campaign when the roadside kaboom went kaboom! at Otmankhel. As a result, several vehicles were partially damaged. However,
ars longa, vita brevis...
 no casualty was reported.

The Orakzai Levies and security personnel reached the site of occurrence soon after the attack and started search operation.

Meanwhile,
...back at the dirigible, Cynthia backed into the galley, the barbecue fork held in front of her. Jack! she called. Where the hell are you?...
 12 more cut-throats were killed as jet fighters again pounded their hideouts in Upper Orakzai Agency
... crawling with holy men, home to Darra Adam Khel, the world's largest illegal arms bazaar. 14 distinct tribes of beturbanned primitives inhabit Orakzai agency's 1500 or so square kilometers...
 on Saturday.

The jets targeted beturbanned goon positions with bombing at Shin Qamar and Asmat Garhi areas in their stronghold of Dabori. The security forces claimed that five hideouts were destroyed and 12 cut-throats were killed and seven injured. The security forces also claimed that 92 per cent tribal area had been cleared of beturbanned goons.

Posted by: Fred 2013-05-06
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