ISLAMABAD, Aug 3: A video provided to the Ministry of Interior indicates a serious lapse on the part of agencies responsible for the security of Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz at the Fatehjang meeting where an apparent suicide bombing killed at least eight people on Friday.

The video shows a man, believed to be the bomber, standing unchecked for quite some time near the car of Mr Aziz. The video aired by a private TV station on Tuesday evening was reported to have been given to the DG of the National Crisis Management Cell (NCMC) of the interior ministry, Brigadier Javed Iqbal Cheema.

Brig Cheema acknowledged receiving the video and said that investigators were examining it from different angles. A frame by frame analysis of the video shows that the well- built man, who possibly had explosives wrapped his body, also appeared to have accomplices in the immediate vicinity of the black bullet-proof Mercedes of Mr Aziz.

Dressed in brown clothes, the man could not be distinguished from plain clothed security personnel usually found during VVIP movements. The attackers seem to have taken advantage of the fact that plain-clothed security officials appearing to be common people usually accompany VIPs.

The suicide bomber, as shown in the video, looked like an ordinary Pakistani and was seen in the close security zone for quite some time. The uniformed officials shown in the video made no attempt to check the man as he waited near the police mobile in front of the Mercedes.

The video also shows two men dressed in white kurta shalwar crossing the path of the vehicle. One of them had a hand in the side-pocket throughout his movement, from the left of the vehicle, crossing in front of it and going to the right.

The video shows the red rear lights of the Mercedes and a third person rushing in front of the car prompting the driver to apply the brakes. Analysts who watched the video several times believe the man who had crossed over to the right side of the vehicle had the detonator of the bomb in his pocket.

After crossing over to the right side of the car, the man appears to establish eye contact with the suicide bomber. The next frame of the video shows three police personnel, two of them senior officials, standing behind the vehicle having a clear view of the men near the vehicle of Mr Aziz.

After the eye contact between the two men, the video shows the suicide bomber taking three steps towards the car. He raises his hand and an explosion takes place blowing him into pieces.

Investigations into suicide attacks on President Musharraf in December last year also establish the presence of the bomber and his accomplices in the vicinity of the attack.

The investigations later established that suicide bombers had communication with other accomplices on the ground in the immediate vicinity of the scene of the crime.

Sources said the attacks on Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz and President Musharraf had revealed a common feature between suicide bombings in Pakistan and in Iraq and Palestine - presence of accomplices in the vicinity of the attacks.