July 19 (Bloomberg) -- Two suicide bombings in Pakistan killed at least 33 people, taking the death toll from terrorist attacks to almost 130 since al-Qaeda demanded revenge for last week's army assault on Islamabad's Red Mosque.

At least 26 Pakistanis died in Hub, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) west of the southern port city of Karachi, when a car bomb blew up near a civilian convoy guarded by police. Seven policemen were among those killed in the blast at about 8:45 a.m. local time today, just over an hour after a car bomber killed six other officers and a civilian at a police training center in the northern town of Hangu, the government said.

The bombings are another test for President Pervez Musharraf, as Islamist groups protest his support for the U.S.- led campaign against terrorism and the July 10-11 storming of the Red Mosque that killed 75 pro-Taliban militants. Opposition parties are mounting the strongest challenge to his rule since he seized power in a military coup eight years ago, and nationwide protests have followed his suspension of Pakistan's top judge.

Musharraf, who has survived at least four assassination attempts by Islamic extremists since 2001, yesterday ruled out declaring a state of emergency in the country, the official Associated Press of Pakistan reported.

Chinese workers were traveling in the convoy that was attacked in Hub. None of the workers was killed, Information Secretary Anwar Mahmood said in a phone interview in Islamabad.

Mosque Kidnappers

China last month called for protection of its citizens working in Pakistan after students from the Red Mosque kidnapped seven Chinese people they accused of running a brothel near the complex in the capital. Police negotiated their release. The Chinese government said they were operating a clinic.

The kidnapping of Chinese people is ``most shameful,'' Musharraf had said in a July 12 speech. ``China is our best friend and has helped us in testing times.''

The bomber who attacked the Chinese convoy tried to crash into their vehicles, Interior Ministry spokesman Javed Iqbal Cheema said in a phone interview from Islamabad. The car exploded when police stopped the vehicle, he said.

The militants ``want to hurt the exemplary Pakistan-China relations,'' Information Secretary Mahmood said. On July 8, three Chinese workers were shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar. Police didn't give a motive for the attack.

Holy War Urged

The army assault on the Red Mosque, where clerics were trying to impose Islamic law on the capital, left 11 soldiers dead and sparked demonstrations by religious parties. A video purported to be from al-Qaeda's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri, carried a message calling the raid a ``dirty, despicable crime'' and urging Pakistani Muslims to wage holy war.

Pakistan is the world's second-largest Muslim country, with a population of 165 million. Indonesia is the biggest Muslim nation, with a population of 234 million.

On July 15, tribal leaders in Pakistan's North Waziristan area said they were pulling out of a 2006 peace accord with the government to protest a military buildup in the region. The agreement was aimed at forcing out al-Qaeda-linked terrorists who crossed the border from Afghanistan after the U.S.-led coalition ousted the Taliban regime in 2001.

Al-Qaeda has gained strength in the ``safe haven'' it has established in the tribal region, 16 U.S. intelligence agencies said in a report published two days ago.

An ambush on a military convoy yesterday in North Waziristan killed 17 soldiers. Seventeen people were killed two days ago when a suicide bomber targeted a rally in Islamabad in support of Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. The judge was suspended after being scheduled to hear a case to determine whether Musharraf can run for election to retain the presidency, the Dawn newspaper said.

At least 42 people were killed July 15 in two suicide bomb attacks that targeted security forces in the North West Frontier Province. Twenty-four members of a paramilitary force died in a July 14 suicide attack on a military convoy in North Waziristan.

To contact the reporter on this story: Khalid Qayum in Islamabad at kqayum@bloomberg.net

Last Updated: July 19, 2007 08:09 EDT