ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 30 (UPI) -- Pakistan's finance minister and future prime minister, Shaukat Aziz, survived a suicide bombing Friday, but six others died, officials said.
Twenty-five people, including a provincial minister and an army officer were injured.
Aziz, a former City Bank executive from New York, was getting into his car after addressing an election rally at Fateh Jang, a town near Islamabad, when two bombs exploded.
Secretary General of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League, Mushahid Hussain, said the minister was safe. He gave no further details.
Pakistan's military ruler, President Pervez Musharraf, who also has survived several attempts on life, has encouraged Aziz to run for the prime minister's position after forcing the former prime minister, Zafarullah Jamali, to resign.
Attempts on Musharraf were orchestrated by the al-Qaida terror network for supporting the U.S.-led war on terror. "And the same people may have been involved in this attack as well," said Hussain.
