Second Bhutto 'bomber' sketched

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Pakistani police have released a sketch of a second man they say was involved in the suicide bomb attack at a rally for ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

A sketch of the first man was published a day after the twin bombings killed at least 135 people in Karachi, only hours after Ms Bhutto ended her 8-year exile.

Both sketches are based on two severed heads found at the site of the blast.

On Thursday, Pakistan's president ruled out asking foreign experts to look into the attacks, as demanded by Ms Bhutto.

"Our record in tracing previous suicide attacks is almost 100%," Pervez Musharraf was quoted as telling a meeting of pro-government MPs in Islamabad on Thursday.

President Musharraf also defended the director of the Intelligence Bureau, Ijaz Shah, who has been accused by Ms Bhutto's party and husband of being involved in the bombings.

"Ijaz Shah is not going anywhere. He will stay in his present position and I have full faith in his abilities," Mr Musharraf said.

Reward

The latest sketches showed a badly damaged head of a man with a trimmed beard and moustache, and another largely intact head.

The delay in the release of the second sketch was due to the time it took forensic experts to reconstruct the area around the man's forehead and the eyes, police said.

Benazir Bhutto has called for foreign experts to investigate the attack

An $82,000 (£40,000) reward was also offered to anyone with information leading to the identity of those behind the attacks.

Karachi police chief Azhar Farooqi said his force was already investigating several people, but declined to give any further information.

The investigation has so far been mired in controversy, with the lead detective being taken off the case on Thursday after Ms Bhutto's supporters complained he had been present when her husband, Asif Zardari, was allegedly tortured by police eight years ago.

Ms Bhutto has vowed to stay in Pakistan despite the attack and campaign in the parliamentary election scheduled to be held by January.

The election will have 28m more voters than had been announced in June, the Pakistani Election Commission said on Friday.

In June, the commission calculated the electorate to be 52m - 20m fewer than had voted in the 2002 election - prompting Ms Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) to question its independence.