PESHAWAR/CHAMAN: Two workers of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-Parliamentarians (PTI-P) were injured in hand grenade attack in South Waziristan while a senior JUI-F leader survived an attack unhurt in Chaman.
According to police, two PTI-P workers were after a hand grenade was thrown at a convoy of the party’s candidate for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly seat PK-110 in South Waziristan District on Wednesday.
Naseerullah Wazir, the PTI-P candidate, however, remained safe in the attack.
On the other hand, unidentified assailants targeted the senior JUI-F leader 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, which continued for quite some time.
The attackers fled following the retaliatory firing by Hamdullah’s guards. Fortunately, the JUI-F leader remained completely unharmed in the attack.
Earlier in the day, at least 28 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 law and order situation in KP and Balochistan has been fragile for the last few months as hand grenade attacks and bomb blasts by the TTP and Baloch militants in these two provinces have become frequent now.
On January 31, 2024, an independent candidate, from NA-8 and PK-22, Bajaur district of KP, who reportedly failed to get the PTI ticket, fell victim to a fatal shooting.
According to the police, Rehan Zeb Khan was busy electioneering in the locality when assailants opened fire at his vehicle. Rehan died on way to the District Headquarters Hospital.
Additionally, four other individuals suffered injuries during the incident, as confirmed by the SHO.
A day ago, four people were killed while six were wounded in a bomb blast also at a PTI rally in Sibi.
According to Sibi Station House Officer (SHO) Zakaullah Gujjar, the injured persons were moved to the Civil Hospital where he said the condition of most of them was critical. He expressed fears that the death toll could rise.
Gujjar informed that security forces immediately reached site of the blast after the incident.
