ISLAMABAD: Unknown assailants on Wednesday targeted the senior leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) Hafiz Hamdullah Saboor in Chaman, but he remained safe due to the retaliatory action of his guards. According to details, unidentified individuals opened fire on the vehicle of Hamdullah, with the firing continuing for five minutes.
The attackers fled following the retaliatory firing by Hamdullah’s guards. Fortunately, the JUI-F leader remained completely unharmed in the attack.
A surge in terrorism is being witnessed in Balochistan a day before the general elections in the country.
Earlier in the day, at least 26 people were killed and scores injured in twin bomb explosions in Balochistan’s Pishin and Qilla Saifullah districts.
The blast in Pishin targeted the election campaign office of independent candidate Asfandyar Khan Kakar in the Khanozai Tehsil of Pishin district, in PB-47 constituency of Pishin district while the bombing in Qilla Saifullah occurred outside the election office of JUI-F.
The explosion in Pishin claimed the lives of at least 14 people and 12 people people succumbed to the terrorist attack in Qilla Saifullah.
The JUI-F leader also survived a bomb attack in September last year, while travelling in the Mastung district of the province.
The bomb blast targeted Hamdullah’s vehicle in the Choto area, while he was going to Mangochar via Mastung Road.
Police sources said that at least 11 people, including Hamdullah, were injured in the explosion. The injured were taken to Mastung hospital but Hamdullah was later shifted to Quetta. –Agencies
