Another ghastly act

A suicide bombing at a police checkpost in Peshawar on Saturday, which left 30 people dead and around 80 others wounded, needs to be condemned in the strongest possible manner. The explosion was so powerful that it destroyed the checkpost and two nearby markets. A number of bodies are reportedly still lying under the rubble. A news report, meanwhile, quoted police sources as indicating that the explosives, weighing between 35 kg and 40 kg, were equal in strength to the one used in the bombing of the FIA building in Lahore early this year. The NWFP Police Chief told the media that after receiving intelligence that a suicide car bomber would target the Provincial Assembly building on Saturday, the entire area was declared a 'red' zone to pre-empt the entry of subversive elements.