Suspected militants attack Pakistan provincial leader's home

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Suspected militants fired rockets at the home of the top provincial official in northwestern Pakistan, the latest in a surge of attacks that have rocked the lawless region bordering Afghanistan. Three houses were damaged but no one was injured in the strikes in Mardan late Sunday on the home of North West Frontier Province's chief minister, Amir Haider Khan Hoti. "We expect more such incidents," said provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain. "They are not going to be stopped here. We are facing a warlike situation." Last week, a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the house of a leading pro-government politician, killing four people and underscoring the insurgents' intent to cripple the civilian administration.