Bomb blast near Pakistan provincial minister kills 7

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A suspected suicide bomber in Pakistan killed at least seven people and wounded several others after detonating a blast near the house of a provincial minister, police and witnesses said.

The explosion happened two days after suspected militants shot dead the son of the minister, Mian Iftikhar Hussain.

(Reporting by Augustine Anthony; Writing by Kamran Haider; Editing by Chris Allbritton)