At least nine killed in blast at bus terminal, witness

(16 Mar 2009) SHOTLIST +NIGHT SHOTS++ 1. Wide of scene of explosion at Pir Wadhai transport terminal 2. Interior of damaged commuter minibus, blood on floor 3. Police investigator collecting evidence from scene of blast, blood on ground 4. Close of blood on ground 5. Police and emergency workers at scene, minibus behind police tape 6. Mid of damaged car behind police line 7. Pan of damaged car, shattered windshield 8. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Iftikhar Mohammed, Eyewitness: "I fell off my chair (at the sound of blast), everywhere in the restaurant was filled with smoke, I couldn't see anything at all. After a few minutes we ran outside and saw what had happened here. There was a leg lying on the ground (points to spot on ground)." 9. Various of emergency workers at scene ++NIGHT SHOT++ 10. Wide exterior of people gathered outside hospital ++INTERIOR SHOTS++ 11. Injured in beds 12. Nurse treating patient 13. Close of person's injured foot 14. Nurses treating an injured man lying on bed 15. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Waqar Hussain, Hotel Owner: "I was on the hotel counter. This is our own hotel in Pir Wadhai intersection. Suddenly I heard an explosion, our hotel windows broke and I fell down on the ground." 16. Injured man being moved on trolley 17. Close of transfusion equipment 18. Mid of injured legs 19. Mid of injured man in bed being treated by nurse 20. Wide of ward STORYLINE: A suicide bomber blew up at a busy bus terminal near the Pakistani capital on Monday, killing at least nine people and wounding 18 more, officials said. The blast came as Pakistan's leaders sought to end a political crisis that has raised doubts about their focus on fighting Islamist militants blamed for a string of similar bombings in Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan. TV images from the city of Rawalpindi showed rescue workers helping the wounded to ambulances while gloved investigators picked debris from a darkened street among several badly damaged cars and minibuses. A Rawalpindi police official said rescue workers recovered 10 corpses from the scene, including remains believed to be those of the bomber. Officials had warned of possible suicide attacks in Pakistani cities in the run-up to recent anti-government protests. A final mass rally planned for the capital Islamabad on Monday was called off after the government agreed to demands to restore senior judges ousted from the Supreme Court. Rehman Malik, the head of Pakistan's Interior Ministry, said it was unclear if the bomber deliberately targeted the teeming bus terminal that was hit late on Monday or if the explosives went off prematurely. No group claimed responsibility and there was no indication of what other target the bomber may have been heading for. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...