Pak leader among three killed in blast

Karachi, September 28

A senior Pakistani leader was among three people killed while several others were injured in a roadside blast in the country' restive Balochistan province on Saturday, according to a media report.

The incident happened in the Chaman area of Qilla Abdullah district after the bomb planted in a motorcycle parked on the roadside exploded, killing three people, including the central leader of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Maulana Muhammad Hanif, the Dawn reported.

“The bomb was planted in a motorcycle and the target was the central leader of JUI-F Maulana Muhammad Hanif. He was critically injured initially but succumbed to his injuries while being shifted to the hospital,” Chaman Assistant Commissioner Yasir Dashti was quoted as saying in the report.

The place of blast Chaman is located just kilometres away from the country’s border with Afghanistan, which witnessed violence and blast on Saturday, killing two people as the country voted in the Presidential elections. The dead in Balochistan blast also included a 12-year-old child, Chaman District Police Officer Shaukat Mohmand said.— PTI