3 including central JUI-F leader dead as explosion rocks Chaman in Balochistan

[Abdullah719]

An explosion has been heard in the Chaman area of Balochistan's Qilla Abdullah District, which is located near the country's border with Afghanistan.

Initial reports say several people have been injured in the explosion, which shattered windows in nearby buildings.

The injured are being shifted to the Civil Hospital in the city.

There are unconfirmed reports that a political leader has been injured in the blast, the nature of which is not yet clear.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1507830

 

[Bewal Express]

May Allah grant Jannat to the deceased but its interesting that IK speaks and the next day, we have an explosion.

 

[PakLFC]

There are no reports linking it to Indian terrorism. Could be something gone wrong.

 

[Abdullah719]

3 including central JUI-F leader dead as explosion rocks Chaman in Balochistan

At least three people, including a leader of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), were killed and more than a dozen others injured in an explosion that rocked the Chaman area of Balochistan's Qilla Abdullah District, Chaman Assistant Commissioner Yasir Dashti said.

According to police officials, the bomb was an improvised explosive device (IED) which was planted in a motorcycle parked on the roadside.

The explosion initially left Maulana Muhammad Hanif, a central leader of the JUI-F, critically injured. He was being shifted to Quetta when he succumbed to his injuries on the way to the hospital, Dashti said.

Police said Hanif was the target of the attack.

The blast occurred on Taj Road in Chaman, which is located just kilometres away from the country's border with Afghanistan, and shattered windows in nearby buildings.

The dead include a 12-year-old child, Chaman District Police Officer Shaukat Mohmand told DawnNewsTV.

The injured were shifted to Civil Hospital Chaman, where an emergency was declared.

Chaman is considered a sensitive town in Balochistan as it shares a border with Afghanistan's volatile Kandahar province.

The blast took place amid heightened security in the area due to a presidential vote being held across the border in Afghanistan.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast.

JUI-F leaders have been targeted in attacks in Balochistan in the past as well.

In May 2017, JUI-F leader and former Senate deputy chairman Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri had suffered injuries in a suicide attack on his convoy in the Mastung area. At least 28 people were killed in the attack and 39 others were injured.

In 2014, the party chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman had survived a suicide attack in Quetta when he was returning after addressing a public meeting at Sadiq Shaheed Ground.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1507830/3...dead-as-explosion-rocks-chaman-in-balochistan

 

[Loralai]

May Allah grant Jannat to the deceased but its interesting that IK speaks and the next day, we have an explosion.

Whats more intersting is that you are implying that these two events are linked. Please do not spread such silliness.

PTI, like the parties before it has done nothing for betterment of peoples lives in any area of Balochistan. There are reports of food shortages in Reqo Dik but nothing has been done.

 

[Bewal Express]

Whats more intersting is that you are implying that these two events are linked. Please do not spread such silliness.

PTI, like the parties before it has done nothing for betterment of peoples lives in any area of Balochistan. There are reports of food shortages in Reqo Dik but nothing has been done.

No off course they are not linked, Yadav was on holiday- just fancied a month or 2 in Baluchistan.

 

[Abdullah719]

Policeman martyred, 3 injured in exchange of fire with militants in Balochistan's Loralai

At least one policeman was martyred and three others injured in an exchange of fire with suspected terrorists in Balochistan’s Loralai district on Monday evening, an official said.

One suspected militant blew himself up and another one was killed by police during the exchange of fire.

Station House Officer Loralai Abdul Rehman said personnel of the police's Eagle Squad stopped two suspects riding a motorcycle near the Lolarai commissioner's office.

However, one of the militants blew himself up and the second was shot dead in retaliatory firing by police.

Three policemen were injured during the exchange of fire, SHO Rehman said. They were rushed to District Hospital Loralai for emergency treatment.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1508202/p...f-fire-with-militants-in-balochistans-loralai