INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
bombings targeting campaign events in the last week, sparking fears of more violence ahead of nationwide polls on July 25.Hospitals in the
area have been placed under "emergency" management after being overwhelmed yesterday, with around 150 also injured in the blast -- many of
them still in critical condition after suffering head trauma."We have imposed emergency in the hospitals and cancelled the vacations of the
doctors and paramedics," Balochistan home minister Agha Umar Bungalzai told AFP
The provincial home secretary Haider Shako added that extra security forces had been deployed in "sensitive areas" and warned politicians to
remain "vigilant".Among the dead was Siraj Raisani, who was running for a provincial seat with the newly-formed local Balochistan Awami
Party (BAP).The BAP suspended campaign-related events on Saturday and has called for its supporters to observe three days of mourning.The
survived.No group has yet claimed responsibility for that attack
And on Tuesday, a bomb targeted a rally by the Awami National Party (ANP) in Peshawar
Local ANP leader Haroon Bilour was among the 22 martyred.The bombings come at a moment of increasing political turmoil in Pakistan as former
prime minister Nawaz Sharif was arrested after arriving in the eastern city of Lahore late Friday, as he aims to energise his embattled
