Serial bomb blasts in Karachi; Suicide bomb attack kills 15 policemen in Islamabad; Spate of violent incidents across country; UN agrees to probe the assassination of Benazir Bhutto
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    • At least 50 people were reportedly injured in series of bomb blasts that hit parts of Karachi on July 7. No casualties were however reported in the blasts described as ‘low intensity1.’ Earlier on July 6, a suicide bomb attack killed 15 police men and two civilians in Islamabad near the venue of a conference organized to commemorate the anniversary of the Lal Masjid incident2.

    In continuing incidents of violence across the country, at least 4 paramilitary troops were killed by militants at Landi Kotal in the Khyber Agency on July 8, a day before the initiation of the peace deal by the tribal Jirga3. The Taliban also attacked a convoy of the security forces in Hangu district on July 12, killing 17 personnel belonging to the Frontier Constabulary and four civilians4. In another incident, nine soldiers died in a NATO air raid in Angoor Adda town near the Pak-Afghan border on July 115.

    In other developments, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, addressing the UNSC on July 10, had asserted that Islamabad will not allow operations by foreign troops within its territory6. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on his part agreed to the conduct of a UN probe into the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. He was addressing a press conference with Mr. Qureshi on July 11 after formalizing the details of the independent enquiry commission7.

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