15 Pakistanis Killed in Suicide Attack, 2 Soldiers Killed in Wazirstan, Names of Five Presidential Candidates Published

Blast rocks Gwadar By Our Staff Correspondent

Dawn, QUETTA, Sept 30:

The coastal town of Gwadar was rocked by a powerful explosion on Sunday night.

Police sources said a home-made explosive device had been planted in an open place near the office of the Anti-Narcotic Force which went off in the night, causing panic in the area.

Windowpanes of nearby government buildings were smashed. However, no casualty was reported.

Policemen visited the site after the explosion and started investigations.

Two soldiers killed

By the Dawn Correspondent

MIRAMSHAH, Sept 30:

Two paramilitary personnel were killed and 16 others were injured in attacks on security forces in different parts of North Waziristan on late Saturday night and Sunday.

Sources said that militants used rockets and missiles in attacks on security checkpoints and camps. In the Datakhel area, a checkpoint came under fire on Saturday night. One soldier was killed and three security personnel were injured. Security forces returned fire, forcing the attackers to flee.

A paramilitary checkpoint was attacked near Miramshah on Saturday. Three soldiers were wounded. Two soldiers were wounded in an attack on a checkpoint in Shawal area on Sunday.

Local people said the paramilitary headquarters was targeted with rockets and missiles in Miramshah on Sunday morning. Three rockets landed in the nearby helipad, leaving a technician and a soldier injured.

The sources said that a military convoy going to Razmak from Bannu was hit by a roadside bomb near Mirali Bazaar. Four soldiers were wounded in the attack.

Two security personnel were injured when another military convoy was hit with a remote-control bomb near Chashma Bridge on the Mirali-Miramshah road.

Pakistan publishes presidential candidates list

www.chinaview.cn 2007-10-01 16:11:01 Print

ISLAMABAD, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) --

The Election Commission of Pakistan on Monday announced that a total of five candidates including President General Pervez Musharraf would contest the forthcoming presidential elections, a local TV channel DAWN NEWS reported.

National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain, serving as a covering candidate of Musharraf, withdrew his nomination papers which were accepted by the Election Commission on Sunday, according to the DAWN NEWS report.

According to the schedule of presidential elections published by the Election Commission earlier, the publication of the candidates list is the last step before the presidential polling due on Oct. 6.

Local media reports indicate that Musharraf enjoys a comfortable majority in the parliament and provincial assemblies.

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed petitions challenging Musharraf's dual office and candidature for the presidential elections, a sign that Musharraf was allowed to contest the presidential elections in uniform.

Editor: Xia Xiaopeng

Suicide attack kills 15, injures 20 in NW Pakistan

www.chinaview.cn 2007-10-01 13:47:35 Print

ISLAMABAD, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) --

At least 15 people were killed in a suicide attack in North West Frontier Province of Pakistan (NWFP) on Monday, the army spokesman Waheed Arshad said.

A suicide bomber was traveling in an auto rickshaw and detonated explosives near a police van in a crowded place at Nizaam Bazaar of Bannu district in NWFP, according to local TV channels.

Arshad was quoted by a local TV channel DAWN NEWS as saying that up to 15 people including 11 civilians and four policemen were killed in the attack.

Around 20 were injured in the blast and some of them are stated to be in critical condition, the DAWN NEWS report said.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

The security situation in Northwest Pakistan worsened after local militants in North Waziristan scrapped a peace deal with the government in mid-July. As a result, attacks targeting security forces took place frequently in the area, leaving more than 300 people dead since mid-July.

Editor: Lu Hui

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