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Pakistani relatives mourn over the dead body of a blast victim at a hospital following a bomb explosion in Karachi on May 11, 2013. A Taliban bomb attack targeting an election candidate killed at least 11 people and wounded 36 others in Pakistan's financial hub of Karachi as polls got under way, a doctor said. The bomb targeted a candidate seeking election to the Sindh provincial assembly for the Awami National Party (ANP), the main secular party for ethnic Pashtuns, police said.
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At least 12 people have been wounded. The target was an election candidate of ANP (Awami National Party). He was travelling in his car when the bomb exploded
The Awami National Party is not the type to be frightened by acts of terrorism
The MQM, Pakistan People’s Party and the Awami National Party are the target of terrorist groups, but they will not boycott the elections. MQM observed three days of mourning after every terrorist attack on its camp office and on the fourth day, restarts its election campaignMore quotes »
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