an independent candidate in pishin.t candidate in pishin was targeted and another party was targeted so both of them and both cities are passed to dominated areas and so far the suspicion among police if this may be the work of a militant group, most likely, but they have not named it. the suspicion is that a militant group may be behind it. itruiith it. the suspicion is that a militant group may be behind it. with these olitical group may be behind it. with these political headquarters _ group may be behind it. with these political headquarters being - political headquarters being targeted, you mentioned an independent party candidate's office and party offices in baluchistan, how is it likely to affect election campaigns but also the mood in the country ahead of thursday's vote? when such incidents have been happening for a while now so there are two different scenarios, for instance south—west of baluchistan, and this is north—west as well which are being targeted, so for the past few days we have been hearing especi

happened and we heard about it in the same hour and that was in a place 150 kilometres away from pishined in this particular explosion and there are seven injured but we are also keeping an eye on those totals. this happened at a party office and we understand there were workers gathered inside when this explosion took place. the backdrop to all of this is that there is a general election taking place tomorrow here in pakistan. there are concerns about security. yesterday we went to a briefing with government officials here who were providing details about that sort of operation. they have thousands of police officers, they say, ranged available in the first instance. they then have paramilitaries and the army are required if there are other incidents. it is a sensitive time for the pakistan government, the authorities because there are international media here who are covering these elections, a lot of focus on these general elections and there is a real need to show that pakistan has control of this and that it can carry out these elections without this sort of fear. two explosions in

at least 20 people have been killed, and dozens injured in two reported explosions in the pishin district of baluchistan, according to a local government official. one of the explosions happened in front of the party office of an independent candidate from the area. these pictures just in show the aftermath of one of the blast. police are trying to determine the cause of the blast, and the injured are being transported to the nearest hospitals. no group has claimed it carried out the attack, which has come just a day before the pakistan general elections. our pakistan correspondet caroline davies has the latest from islamabad. images on social media show the force of the blast. there are pictures of cars and motorbikes blown apart by this explosion. now, the first explosion happened in pacini district in baluchistan. we understand from officials that this was outside the offices of someone who is an independent candidate running in tomorrow's general elections here in pakistan. and we understand that he was taking a meeting with other party officials at the time. then within the course of

police say the first blast occurred outside of the office of an independent election candidate in pishin, the town near the provincial capital cueda. according to police, the bomb was planted a motorbike. the second blast sit near the election office of candidate from another party in the city of kala saiolah. the blast occurre a day before the general elections. the motive behind the attacks remains unclear as no group or individual has yet claim responsibility. pakistan has witnessed rampant violence, including militant attacks and attempts on lives of some candidates competing for parliament and provincial assembly seats. on monday, at least 10 police personnel were killed in a pre-don attack by militants a police station in the northwest of the country. is the anniversary of the day that the prophet muhammad may peace be upon him, received his first revelation and was chosen as allah's final messenger. people of the afghan capital city of kabul celebrate this day by holding different programs like the rest of the muslim world. is the occasion that marks the appointment of prophet muh

police say fireblasts occurred outside the office of an independent election candidate in pishin. that's a town near the provincial capital quieta. according to police, bomb was planted a motorbike, the second blast hit near. the election office of another candidate from a part of the city of kala saipula blaz took place a day before general elections, the motive behind attacks remains unclear as no group or individual has yet claimed responsibility, but pakistan's witness rampant violence, including militantt attacks and attempts on the lives of some candidates competing for parliament and provincial assembly seats. on monday at least 10, police personnel were killed in a pre-don attack by militant. a police station in the northwest of the country. press tv, you join us earlier with more details on the blast in pakistan. he said the thursday election will proceed as planned amit very tight security. the information we have so far is that more than 28 people have been killed so far in these two separate bombings in southwestern baluchistan province which. is near to iran as well a

police say the first blast occurred outside of the office of an independent election candidate in pishin, the town near the provincial capital kata. according to the police, the bomb was planted a motorbike. the second blast hit near the election office of a... candidate from another party in the city of kalah saifulah. the blast occur a day before the general elections. the motive behind the attacks remains unclear as no group or individual has yet claimed responsibility. pakistan has witnessed the rampant violence, including militant attacks and attempts on lives of some candidates competing for parliament and provincial assembly seats. on monday at least 10 police personnel were killed in a pre-don attack by militants a police station in the northwest of the country. and the german flag carrier airlines has announced the cancellation of hundreds of flights on wednesday as ground staff members have gone a strike overpay. all the ground staffs at frankfurt and munich luftha's two main hubs as well as berlin, düsseldorf and hamburg will be a 27-hour industrial action starting from wednes

these are some of the pictures in so far — these from the blast in the pishin district outside the election an independent local candidate. officials told the bbc he was meeting his polling agent at the time. the second explosion went off outside the office of a political party, killing at least eight people. the afp news agency quotes a senior police official, saying it happened in the main bazaar. the explosions happened within an hour of each other, around 150 kilometres apart. the latest information i have is the election commissioner pakistan has said the security should be put on high alert and he said tomorrow everyone should come out and vote. but right now, the province is going to a lot of uncertainty. so far, none of the groups have taken responsibility for the attacks, so balochistan is quite a diverse place, a diverse province as well because a of militant operations operate from their and there are insurgent groups, baloch insurgent groups are fighting for separation from pakistan, and in the north—west, the quetta city are balochistan, there are other religiously moated organ

these are some of the pictures in so far — these from the blast in the pishin district, outside the electiondependent local candidate. officials told the bbc he was meeting his polling agent at the time. the second explosion went off outside the office of a political party — killing at least eight people. the afp news agency quotes a senior police official, saying it happened in the main bazaar. (map the explosions happened within an hour of each other, around a hundred and 50 kilometres apart. here's more from our correspondent saher baloch in pakistan. the latest information i have is that the election commissioner of pakistan has said that the security should be put on high alert and also the fact he said that tomorrow everybody should come out and vote. in a similar statement, the chief minister of balochistan province also said the same thing and said we will not let these attacks divert any of our efforts to hold these elections on time. so tomorrow everybody should turn up to vote. but right now the province is going through a lot of uncertainty and fear. tell me more about the attack

these are some of the pictures in so far — these from the blast in the pishin district, outside the electionpendent local candidate. officials told the bbc he was meeting his polling agent at the time. the second explosion went off outside the office of a political party — killing at least eight people. the afp news agency quotes a senior police official, saying it happened in the main bazaar. the explosions happened within an hour of each other, around a hundred and fifty kilometres apart. we can now cross live to islamabad and speak to the bbc urdu's saher baloch. let's start with those two attacks and give me the latest information you have. and give me the latest information ou have. . , ., ., ., you have. the latest information i have is that _ you have. the latest information i have is that the _ you have. the latest information i have is that the election - have is that the election commissioner of pakistan has said that the security should be put on high alert and also the fact he said that tomorrow everybody should come out and vote. in a similar statement the chief minister of balo

police say the first blast scured outside of the office of an independent election candidate in pishin, town near the provincial capital cueta. according to the police, the bomb was planted a motorbike, the second blast hit near the election office of candidate from another party in the city of kalaa salah. the blast occur a day before the general elections. the motive behind the attacks remains unclear as no group or individual has yet claim responsibility. pakistan has witnessed rampant violence, including militantt attacks and attempts on lives of some candidates competing for parliament and provincial assembly seats, at least 10 police personnel were killed in a pre-don attack by militants a police station in the northwest of the country. let's bring a nazar khasmi from islamabad corresponders now sir, tell us what you can about uh what has occurred and has there been a claim of responsibility as of yet? well, no group has claimed the responsibility of these attacks so far, but the government of pakistan believes that... tarike taliban militants are behind these attacks, as in past

we're getting pictures in all the time, we believe these pictures are from the blast in the pishin districtide the election office of an independent local candidate. officials told the bbc he was meeting his polling agent at the time. images from the scene show cars and motorbikes blown apart by the force of the explosion. the second explosion went off outside the office of a political party in the qillah saif ullah district, killing at least eight people. the afp news agency quotes a senior police official, saying it happened in the main bazaar. the explosions both happened within an hour of each other, around a hundred and fifty kilometres apart in the balochistan province in the south west of pakistan. pakistanis vote in general elections on thursday, which the former prime minister, imran khan has been prevented from contesting. here's the latest from islamabad with bbc urdu's saher baloch. i think now the death toll has increased to 27, according to authorities. also at the same time, the chief election commissioner in pakistan has asked the authorities to put the entire country on hig

these are some of the pictures in so far — these from the blast in the pishin district, outside the electione. officials told the bbc he was meeting his polling agent at the time. the second explosion went off outside the office of a political party, killing at least eight people. the explosions happened within an hour of each other, around 150km apart. when the blast happened, many were injured. here's more from our correspondent in islamabad, saher baloch. the latest information that i have is that the election commissioner of pakistan, he has said that the security should be put on high alert, and also the fact that he said that tomorrow everybody should come out and vote. but right now, the province is going through a lot of uncertainty and fear. so far, none of the groups have taken responsibility for the attacks as well. so balochistan is quite a diverse place, quite a diverse province as well, because a lot of militant organisations operate from there. so for instance, in the south—west of balochistan, there are insurgent groups, baloch insurgent groups who are fighting for separation