Car bomb kills three in Peshawar Saturday, 04 February 2012 00:13

PESHAWAR: A car bomb attack targeting an anti-militant tribal elder killed three people yesterday and wounded seven others in the northwestern city of Peshawar, police said.

The attack outside the residence of the tribal elder Aastana Gul in the Pishtakhara suburb of Peshawar damaged one house and a private office in the street.

Peshawar’s bomb disposal expert Hukam Khan said up to 40 kilograms of explosives were packed in the car and detonated remotely. Another police official blamed a homegrown militant group Lashkar-e-Islam led by the warlord Mangal Bagh and based in the lawless tribal district of Khyber for the killings.

Gilani says he will respect court verdict  

ISLAMABAD: Embattled Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said yesterday he will respect the outcome of a supreme court move to indict him on contempt charges.

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered Gilani to appear before it on February 13, to be indicted with contempt for failing to pursue corruption cases against president Asif Ali Zardari.

The shock announcement threatens to plunge his weak government deeper into crisis and force early elections within months. “I will go there and I will present my stance before the court,” Gilani told reporters in the eastern city of Lahore.

He said the matter was “sub-judice” and he should not comment on the issue.

Agencies

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