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Pakistan twin bombings kill at least 26 a day before polls

Updated on: 08 February,2024 07:38 AM IST  |  Quetta
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Later Wednesday, another bombing at the elections office of politician Fazlur Rehman’s Jamiat Ulema Islam party in Qilla Saifullah town of Baluchistan killed at least 11 people, Acahkzai and local authorities said

Pakistan twin bombings kill at least 26 a day before polls

Security personnel inspect the site of the bomb in Pishin. Pic/AP

A pair of bombings at the election offices of a political party and an independent candidate in southwest Pakistan killed at least 26 people and wounded more than two dozen others, officials said Wednesday, the day before parliamentary elections are to be held.


The first attack hit the election office of Asfandyar Khan in Pashin, a district in Baluchistan province, said Jan Achakzai, the spokesperson for the provincial government. Officials said at least 15 people were killed in the attack and the wounded are being transported to a nearby hospital. Police said some of them were listed in critical condition.


Later Wednesday, another bombing at the elections office of politician Fazlur Rehman’s Jamiat Ulema Islam party in Qilla Saifullah town of Baluchistan killed at least 11 people, Acahkzai and local authorities said.


No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, which came a day before Pakistan holds parliamentary elections. Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul-Haq-Kakar denounced the bombings in Baluchistan.

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