Source: Asia Times:
By Syed Fazl-e-Haider
KARACHI – Terrorist attacks by the Taliban continue unabated in Pakistan, creating chaos ahead of the May 11 general election. The militants have stepped up attacks on candidates, offices, corner meetings and rallies of liberal and secular political parties, including the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), and the Awami National Party (ANP).
In the latest incidents of pre-poll violence, a bomb attack on an ANP gathering on late Sunday evening in Swabi killed one child and injured 13 people. Two bombs exploded in Peshawar and Kohat areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday, killing at least eight people and injuring 30 others. Similarly, a blast near an election candidate’s corner meeting, also on Sunday, killed one child and injured five people in Quetta, the capital of southwestern Balochistan province.