Islamist political party leader killed in Pakistan bomb blast

Wrecked cars at the site of the bomb blast in Chaman which claimed six lives (Jan Achakzai/AP)

Seven people were killed and several others were wounded on Friday when a powerful roadside bomb exploded near a vehicle carrying a local leader of an Islamist political party in Pakistan.

It was unclear who was behind the attack in Chaman, a town in the southwestern Baluchistan province.