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Pakistan blast: Deadly attack on JUI-F election candidate Pakistan blast: Deadly attack on JUI-F election candidate
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At least five people have been killed and many wounded in a bomb attack aimed at an Islamist party candidate in north-west Pakistan, officials say.At least five people have been killed and many wounded in a bomb attack aimed at an Islamist party candidate in north-west Pakistan, officials say.
The attack took place in the town of Hangu while Sayed Janan was campaigning for the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) party. Police say he survived. The attack took place in Hangu district while Sayed Janan was campaigning for the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) party. Police say he survived.
The attack comes just one day after a deadly blast at a rally for the same party in the tribal region of Kurram. In Lower Dir at least four PPP workers were killed when their car hit a Taliban landmine, police told the BBC.
On Tuesday officials said the number of dead in that blast had climbed to 25. Scores have died in the militant campaign to derail the 11 May vote.
The elections are being called the bloodiest in Pakistan's history.
A JUI-F rally was targeted on Monday. On Tuesday officials said the number of dead in that blast had climbed to 25.
Monday's attack is thought to have been the deadliest in a string of attacks on parties and candidates in the run-up to Saturday's election. The Pakistani Taliban said it had carried out the attack.Monday's attack is thought to have been the deadliest in a string of attacks on parties and candidates in the run-up to Saturday's election. The Pakistani Taliban said it had carried out the attack.
However, it said that its target was not the JUI-F, but a former ally of President Zardari's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) party, Munir Khan Orakzai, who the JUI-F has co-opted as an election candidate.However, it said that its target was not the JUI-F, but a former ally of President Zardari's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) party, Munir Khan Orakzai, who the JUI-F has co-opted as an election candidate.
The Pakistani Taliban have threatened to prevent the PPP, as well as two other parties they consider to be too liberal, from conducting their election campaigns. The Pakistani Taliban have threatened to prevent the PPP, as well as the ANP and the MQM parties, from conducting their election campaigns because they are considered by the militants to be too liberal,
The candidate whose rally was targeted on Monday, Munir Khan Orakzai, is considered close to President Zardari. Mr Orakzai was unhurt by the blast.The candidate whose rally was targeted on Monday, Munir Khan Orakzai, is considered close to President Zardari. Mr Orakzai was unhurt by the blast.
Mr Zardari's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is one of those being targeted by the Taliban, and Mr Orakzai was previously part of the ruling alliance led by the PPP, which completed its term in office in March. Mr Orakzai was previously part of the ruling alliance led by the PPP, which completed its term in office in March.
In Tuesday's attack, Syed Janan and several members of the JUI-F party were reported to be meeting shopkeepers in the market town of Doaba when the bomb went off.In Tuesday's attack, Syed Janan and several members of the JUI-F party were reported to be meeting shopkeepers in the market town of Doaba when the bomb went off.
It is not clear who is responsible for the blast or why the JUI-F has again been targeted. Police in the Hangu district told the BBC after the explosion that Mr Janan was "safe". It is not clear who is responsible for the blast or why the JUI-F has again been targeted. Police in Hangu district told the BBC after the explosion that Mr Janan was "safe".
Witnesses, however, said that some schoolchildren and at least two members of the JUI-F were among the injured.Witnesses, however, said that some schoolchildren and at least two members of the JUI-F were among the injured.
Both Hangu and Kurram have been flashpoints for violence between the country's Sunni Muslim majority and the Shia minority.Both Hangu and Kurram have been flashpoints for violence between the country's Sunni Muslim majority and the Shia minority.
Correspondents say that the elections are being called the bloodiest in Pakistan's history, with daily reports of bloodshed at the hands of militants determined to derail the campaign. Taliban spokesman Ihsanullah Ihsan told BBC Urdu his group carried out the landmine attack in Dir. He distanced himself from the attack on the JUI-F's candidate in Hangu.
They come after an elected government has completed a full five-year term and handed over to an elected successor for the first time. Saturday's vote will mark the first time an elected government has completed a full five-year term and handed over to an elected successor in Pakistan's history.