{"id":37531,"date":"2013-05-10T11:51:18","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T08:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=37531"},"modified":"2013-05-10T11:51:18","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T08:51:18","slug":"a-day-before-polls-bombs-kill-5-injure-18-in-pakistan-37531","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/a-day-before-polls-bombs-kill-5-injure-18-in-pakistan-37531\/","title":{"rendered":"A day before polls, bombs kill 5, injure 18 in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rescue workers at the site of bomb blast in Pakistan: File Pic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At least three bomb blasts took place in Pakistan on Friday killing five people and injuring 18 others.<\/h1>\n

Islamabad, May 10\/Nationalturk- A day before the country goes to polls to elect new government, three bomb blasts on Friday killed five people and injured 18 others in Pakistan.<\/p>\n

Reports said at least five people were killed and 13 others were injured in two bomb blasts in Miramshah\u2019s Khwaja Jan market and checkpost in North Waziristan tribal region today.<\/p>\n

Police sources said the blasts occurred within an hour of each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first bomb was planted on a motorcycle and it was detonated using a remote-controlled device. The explosive device was detonated when passenger car passed through the area,\u201d they said adding three persons were killed in the blast and 10 others injured.<\/p>\n

Sources said four to five kilograms of explosives were used in the blast.<\/p>\n

They said exact nature of the second explosion, which killed two people and injured three others, \u00a0was being ascertained,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

They said immediate after the bomb blasts, the security forces cordoned off the area and launched search operation to track down the militants responsible for the blasts.<\/p>\n

Bomb explodes outside election office of PPP<\/h2>\n

At least five people were injured when a bomb exploded outside an election office of Pakistan Peoples\u2019 Party (PPP) in Quetta in restive Balochistan province.<\/p>\n

Many vehicles were damaged in the blast, which shook the entire area.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe injured have been hospitalized,\u201d a police official said.<\/p>\n

About 100 people including election candidates, political party workers and civilians have been killed in bombings since the election schedule was announced in country in March.<\/p>\n

Pakistan goes to vote tomorrow (Saturday) to elect a new government. PML led by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan\u2019s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and PPP have emerged as three dominant forces in the election and it is difficult to predict who will win the polls.<\/p>\n

Write your comments and thoughts below<\/em><\/p>\n

Faiz Ahmad \/ NationalTurk Pakistan News<\/strong><\/p>\n

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