31.   The chief secretary is the head of the provincial administration working under the provincial chief minister.

32.   The blast occurred during the recording of a programme on the environment on which the Punjab provincial minister for environment, Saleh Gajjal, was a guest.

33.   The blast occurred when a truck, carrying the policemen to a nearby village to provide security for a provincial minister, ran over the mine, they said.

34.   The delegation of KwaZulu-Natal chiefs is headed by the provincial minister of traditional authorities, Nyanga Ngubane.

35.   The government has set up bi-sectarian peace committees and provincial ministers have been advised to remain in their constituencies to maintain religious harmony, officials said.

36.   The killer bomb was left against a wall of the government building, which houses provincial ministers and senior administration officials.

37.   The killer bomb was left against a wall of the government building, which houses offices of provincial ministers and senior administration officials.

38.   The offices of the chief minister and two provincial ministers were damaged.