ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AND EIGHT WERE WOUNDED IN A BOMB BLAST IN PAKISTAN'S NORTH-WESTERN FRONTIER PROVINCE (NWFP), POLICE AND REPORTS SAID. THE BOMB WAS PLANTED ON A MOTORBIKE PARKED OUTSIDE A COMMERCIAL CENTRE IN KHYBER BAZAAR IN THE PROVINCIAL CAPITAL PESHAWAR AND WENT OFF AT AROUND 5:30 PM (1230 GMT), WOUNDING AT LEAST NINE PERSONS, REPORTED DPA. ONE OF THE WOUNDED EXPIRED AT THE LADY READING HOSPITAL WHILE CONDITION OF TWO OTHERS WAS STATED TO BE CRITICAL. 'IT WAS A TIME DEVICE MOUNTED ON A MOTORBIKE PARKED OUTSIDE A BUILDING THAT MOSTLY HAVE OFFICES OF LOCAL LAWYERS,' SENIOR POLICE OFFICIAL SAEED WAZIR TOLD REPORTERS IN PESHAWAR. 'THE AREA WAS INSIGNIFICANT IN TERMS OF TARGETED BOMBING AS ALL PREVIOUS BLASTS ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY HAD EITHER TARGETED GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, OFFICIALS OR FOREIGN NATIONALS,' HE ADDED. --SP 21 55 LOCAL TIME 18 55 GMT
