Pakistan shooting attacks kill 10

Ten people including three policemen have been killed in three separate shooting attacks in Pakistan.

On Thursday, three people, including a police constable, were killed and two others injured in incidents of gun violence in the southwestern province of Balochistan.

In another event, Pakistani police and armed militants clashed in Karak district of the northern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Two police officers and two attackers died in the incident.

In a third incident, unknown gunmen killed three people in different areas of the southern port city of Karachi in Sindh Province. Police said at least eight militants were arrested.

Since late 2009, there has been a surge in militant attacks in Pakistan.

Pakistan will hold elections on May 11 for 272 general seats of the National Assembly and a total of 577 seats in the four provincial assemblies.

The office of the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) party in Karachi was rocked when a bomb detonated outside the building on Thursday. At least five people lost their lives and eight others were wounded in the explosion.

Pakistani media say over 35,000 Pakistanis have lost their lives in bombings and other militant attacks since 2001, when Pakistan entered an alliance with the United States in the so-called war on terror.