| A roadside bomb blast hit an election campaign convoy in Swat on Wednesday, killing two people and wounding three. Mufti Hussain Ahmed, an independent candidate contesting for NA-30 and PF-86, was among the wounded. The injured were all rushed to Saidu Sharif hospital, where sources told NNI that Ahmed was in critical condition. “Ahmed was traveling in a convoy of 8-10 vehicles on a campaign when the blast occurred, killing two people,” said senior police official Waqif Khan. Interior Ministry spokesman Brigadier Javed Cheema told AFP that only one person was killed. The government has blamed several recent blasts on Baitullah Mehsud, but Mehsud’s spokesman Maulvi Omar told Reuters on Wednesday that the local Taliban would not interfere in the elections and would not be involved in any attack before or on election day. |