Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has escaped an assassination attempt as a bomb exploded on his convoy's route.
The bomb was planted on Musharraf's route from an army hospital in Rawalpindi to his home on the outskirts of Islamabad and went off at around 2am (9pm GMT) on Wednesday - some 20 minutes before he was due to pass.
No one was injured in the blast - which reduced an area of the roadside to rubble - and there have been no claims of responsibility for the attack on the former general, who is on trial for treason.
The bomb was planted in a pipeline under a bridge Senior police official Liaqat Niazi said the device contained 4kg of explosives and was planted in a pipeline under a bridge at the Faizabad interchange, which lies at the boundary of the two cities.
Muhammad Naeem, a spokesman for the Islamabad police, said Musharraf was the intended target.
Musharraf, who led Pakistan from 1999 to 2008, returned from self-imposed exile in March last year to fight in general elections, but was barred from taking part and has faced a series of legal cases including treason.
The area was cordoned off while experts hunted for more explosives The Taliban also vowed to send a squad of suicide bombers to kill him, and security threats have prevented him from appearing at all but two of his treason hearings.
It was the fourth attempt on the ex-general's life, with the first three occurring while he was in office.
On Monday, a special court indicted Musharraf for treason in what was seen as a milestone for civilian authority in a country long dominated by the army.
The charges relate to his 2007 imposition of emergency rule, which came as the Supreme Court was due to rule on the validity of his re-election as president.
Musharraf supporters protest in Karachi after he was indicted for treason Musharraf had been staying at the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC) in Rawalpindi since falling ill with a heart condition in January.
But he was believed to be keen to return to his comfortable villa in the scenic Bani Gala suburb of Islamabad.
Ahmad Raza Kasuri, a member of his legal team, told reporters that Musharraf had discharged himself.
Thursday's attack had echoes of the first major attempt on Musharraf's life in December 2003, when a powerful bomb went off minutes after his highly guarded convoy crossed a bridge in Rawalpindi.
A few days later, he survived another attempt by two suicide bombers which left 16 people dead.
In July 2007, an unknown group fired a submachine gun at Musharraf's plane as it took off from a runway in Rawalpindi.
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