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| Bomb at Pakistan lawyers' rally | |
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| At least seven people have been killed in a bombing at a lawyers' rally in Islamabad, Pakistani police say. | |
| Ousted chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry was due to address the rally in the capital, but was not present at the time of the blast, officials said. | Ousted chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry was due to address the rally in the capital, but was not present at the time of the blast, officials said. |
| Television footage showed blood at the scene of the explosion and several people lying motionless on the ground. Some reports put the death toll higher. | |
| Police in Islamabad say that a suicide bomber was responsible for the attack. | |
| A number of people were also injured in the explosion near a stage which had been erected for the rally close to the Supreme Court. | |
| Protests | |
| Police said Mr Chaudhry was several kilometres away when the blast occurred. | |
| President Musharraf suspended him from his post in March alleging that he had misused his post, a charge the judge rejects. | |
| He has been at the centre of growing anti-government protests in Pakistan ever since. | |
| In recent days, dozens of people have been killed in a spate of bombings in north-west Pakistan carried out by pro-Taleban militants opposed to Gen Musharraf. |