In the weeks preceding the election , there were several attacks targeting leftist politicians and political rallies . On 9 February , a suicide car bomb killed 27 and injured 37 attending a political rally for the Awami National Party in Charsadda . On 16 February , another suicide car bomb that killed 37 and injured 93 outside the residence of PPP candidate Riaz Shah in Parachinar . The same day , a suicide attack on an army outpost in Swat Valley killed two civilians and injured eight people . A polling location in Bajaur was destroyed by militants earlier
suicide car bomb
2008 Parachinar bombing
2008 Pakistani general election