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| Two officials escape blasts in Swat |
| 2008-02-18 |
| Two police officials escaped remote-controlled bomb blasts in Swat district here on Sunday, sources said. Police deputy superintendents (DSPs) of Kabal and Matta tehsils escaped two remote-controlled bomb blasts at the time they were inspecting the Bara Bandai area regarding security arrangements for the elections. Also on Sunday, the security forces targeted suspected militant hideouts in the upper parts of Matta and Tilgram, but no casualties were reported. Barring women: Also, political party leaders have decided to bar women from casting their votes during elections today (Monday). A meeting held at the office of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) here agreed that the women would not participate in the poll process in the NA-29 Swat-I and PF-80, PF-82, PF-83. The participants also agreed that no candidate would visit the polling stations in the district and would not set up camps outside the polling stations, given the prevailing law and order in the district. 20 suspects held: Moreover, the troops arrested 20 suspected militants during a search operation in Kabal and also dynamited the house of a militant commander Fazlur Rehman and the medical store of another commander Akbar Hussain. |
| Posted by:Fred |