The northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar was in mourning on Wednesday (April 17) one day after at least 16 people, including a child, were killed and 45 wounded when a suicide bomber attacked an election rally for a party opposed to Pakistan's Taliban movement, police said.<br/> <br />The blast struck a gathering called by senior politicians of the Awami National Party (ANP) in Yakatoot, a congested neighbourhood of Peshawar ahead of the May 11 general elections.<br/> <br />The attack underscored the threat posed by insurgent violence ahead of the elections, which would mark the first transition in Pakistan between elected civilian governments.
