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Suicide Bombing Kills Senior Pakistani Police Officer

04 August 2010 22:39 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. A suicide bomber has killed the head of a paramilitary police force and two others in northwestern Pakistan, APA reports quoting â€œThe Voice of Americaâ€.
Pakistani officials say Sifwat Ghayur, the head of Pakistan’s Frontier Constabulary, died in the attack Wednesday in the city of Peshawar. At least four other people were wounded in the blast. Officials say it is unclear whether the suicide bomber attacked on foot or was in a vehicle.

The attack comes as the area struggles to recover from more than a week of devastating floods.

Meanwhile in the southern port city of Karachi, violence erupted for a second straight night, killing at least 13 people. Protesters burned cars and shops and gunned down people, bringing the two-day death toll to at least 62.

The violence was sparked by the assassination Monday of provincial lawmaker Raza Haider, a member of the Muttahida Quami Movement.
Pakistani officials have blamed Haider’s assassination on Taliban-linked militants trying to fuel political tensions. But leaders of the MQM, which represents Karachi’s majority Urdu-speaking community, blamed a rival political force - the Awami National Party, or ANP, which is a representative of Karachi’s ethnic Pashtuns.

The two parties have routinely blamed each other for deadly attacks on their activists. Politically motivated violence this year has left nearly 200 people dead in Karachi.