Across Asia: Pakistan

Politician killed in blast

A Pakistani politician was among four people wounded by a bomb which exploded yesterday in the key city of Peshawar, the gateway to the Khyber pass and Afghanistan, police said.

The politician, Aurangzeb Khan, was a member of an ethnic Pashtun-based party that is part of the ruling coalition and vehemently opposed to the Taliban and its Islamist allies.