QUETTA, Pakistan—The death toll from a bombing at a market in
Pakistan's southwest has risen to 25, Pakistani police said on
Saturday. Many of the 70 people wounded in the blast were still
in critical condition.   Nasir said the bomb was detonated by
remote control. Another officer, Samiullah Khan, said police
were investigating whether the bomb was planted in a rickshaw
parked in the crowded vegetable market. He said the bomb was
detonated while dozens of women and children were shopping for
the evening meal.  Members of the minority Shiite sect took to
the city streets in angry protest, blocking roads with burning
tires and throwing stones at passing vehicles. In response,
police cordoned off the area.  Quetta is the capital of
Baluchistan province, where the Shiite minority has been
attacked several times in recent months. Baluch nationalist
groups are fighting an insurgency there to try to gain a greater
share of income from the province's gas and mineral resources.
Islamic militants and the banned sectar