An explosion which ripped up a section of road in the northern Pakistani city of Rawalpindi today shortly after President Pervez Musharraf's car passed was a "terrorist act", a military spokesman said.
"The president's motorcade passed a minute before the blast," military spokesman, Major General Shaukat Sultan, said. "He is safe and sound."
"It is a terrorist act," Major General Sultan said. "Whether it was an assassination attempt or not can be said until after the investigations."