In an attempt to target the Pakistani minister, Aslam Raisani, a suicide bomber on Tuesday, attacked in South West Pakistan. The attack killed one person and has injured eight people. However the Quetta police said that, Aslam was safe.

“A suicide bomber on foot hit the convoy of the chief minister and blew himself up,” said Anwar Shahani, a senior police official. Shahani also said that the bomber has aimed to assassin the minister, who was on his way to attend the provincial assembly session.

“I was the target and narrowly escaped. These attacks can’t stop me from fighting against terrorism,” Raisani said. According to sources, Raisani is a member of the Pakistan People’s Party and was elected as the chief minister in the year 2008.

Balochistan is the biggest province in Pakistan and is located near the Afghan border. It is also one of the least populated province. The militants of this province have been complaining for long that the government does not pay any attention towards their economic needs.

Around 40 people lost their lives in a suicide bomb attack in north-west Pakistan. The attack took place in a government compound where anti- Taliban allies were discussed.

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According to the local media, apart from the dead, several people were also injured in the attack. Some sources say that the Taliban has taken the responsibility of the attacks. The attack was carried out by two people, and reports have said that the attackers were wearing police uniforms and had entered the government compound.

There were about 100 people present in the compound, where discussions were going on between tribal elders, government officials and anti Taliban groups. The attack also injured two journalists in the compound.

One of the eye witnesses of the incident said that, there was a loud burst, which created a cloud of dust and smoke and several people were shouting and crying in the scene and many body parts were also scattered. Some of the seriously injured people were rushed to the Peshawar hospital for treatment.

A suicide attack on a Police station in the city of Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan has killed 19 people and injured 40, on Monday. The suicide bomber used a vehicle that was laden with high explosives and drove in into the police station, killing many instantly. The attack took place at around 07.00 am local time, when most of the police officers at the station were asleep.

Pakistani Prime Minister, Mr. Raza Gilani has condemned the incident and has launched an inquiry in to the matter straight away. The attack has injured as many as 40 people and many are reported to be in critical condition. The Prime Minister has shown his grief towards the families of the deceased and has promised to provide the best medical help to the injured.

After the attack took place many of the local people were the first to provide help to the injured and the dead. The people used their own private vehicles to reach the injured to the hospitals. For the moment no terrorist group has taken the responsibility of the attack.

In a suicide attack in Pakistan on Friday, as many as 17 were claimed to be dead and more than 50 are wounded.

The attack took place in the busy market area in Pakistan’s Yakaghund tehsil in Mohmand tribal region near the civil administrator’s office, when the suicide bomber blew himself.

The blast even damaged a prison that sheltered Taliban militants. Senior government official, Rasool Khan said, ‘Seventeen people have been confirmed dead and more than 50 are injured.”

He informed, “The deafening blast also demolished parts of a nearby prison and allowed 28 prisoners to flee including some of the Taliban militants who were also there in the prison.”

The target of the attack was the administrator’s office where many people had gathered to sort out their problems.