At least 40 have died in three separate attacks on election rallies in northwest Pakistan's turbulent Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Province during the last 48 hours, police and administration officials said Tuesday. The latest attack took place on an election convoy of a Pakistan Peoples Party candidate in the Lower Dir district of the province. "The explosion was caused by an IED (improvised explosive device)," a witness said.

Islamabad, May 6 (EFE).- At least 10 people died and about 30 were wounded Monday when a bomb went off at an election rally in the northwestern Kurram tribal zone, a Pakistani official told Efe. The attack was staged when a candidate for the religious Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party was getting ready to address a group of followers ahead of next Sunday's nationwide legislative elections, according to a local Kurram official.

Fourteen people were killed when a bomb tore through a Pakistan election rally in the northwestern tribal belt on Monday, an official said. More than 50 others were wounded in the attack and the death toll could rise further, administrative official Riaz Khan told AFP. The bomb targeted the right-wing Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI), a religious party in the outgoing government coalition that has mediated with the Taliban. str-sjd/jm/sm

Jamiat Ulemae Islam has emerged an effective force in the country. No power in the country can face it.JUI is taking part in general elections with Book as its symbol. People should make party candidates successful for progress of the country and enforcement of Islamic system. These views were expressed by Amir JUI Maulana Fazlur Rehman while addressing a big public meeting here Saturday. Amir JUI Balochistan Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani also addressed. Former provincial minister and central leader of BNP-A Ghulam Jan Baloch announced to join JUI by quitting his party.