ISLAMABAD. An attack on a political rally of the Pakistan Peoples Party has killed at least six people and injured dozens more.The explosion, in Lower Dir’s Baba Gam village on Tuesday, is the latest in a string of attacks that have been designed to disrupt the nation’s upcoming elections.An IED caused the blast near a vehicle containing Zahir Khan, the brother of Muhammad Zamin Khan, the PPP candidate from the PK-96 constituency. Zahir Khan was wounded in the attack.Elsewhere in the country, a bomb was detonated at a political party rally of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI), killing at least ten people and wounding dozens more, including a provincial candidate.The JUI rally in a bazaar in Hangu District was being lead by provincial candidate Mufti Seyd Janan, who was reportedly injured in the attack, but is not in a serious condition.Reports indicate that children returning home from school were among the wounded.It is thought that a bomb was planted on a motorbike and exploded by remote control near Janan’s vehicle.UI has historically been sympathetic to the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and has previously acted as a mediator between political parties and the anti-government group.
