Pakistan's hardline Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, JUI Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman escaped an assassination bid by a suicide bomber, who blew himself up near a police post in the country's restive northwest killing at least 10 people and injuring 18 others. The bomber, who was riding a motorcycle, detonated his suicide vest minutes after Rehman's motorcade passed the police post in Swabi area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. Most of the dead and injured were JUI supporters who had gathered at the police post to greet Rehman. The seriously injured persons were taken to a hospital in Peshawar. A JUI spokesman said Rehman, who had arrived in Swabi to address a public meeting, is safe.