PM strongly condemns Mastung blast

QUETTA(Ghulam Yaseen)_Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) leader Hafiz Hamdullah and his gunman received injuries when a blast took place near his car in Mastung district of Balochistan,

According to initial reports, the JUI-F leader who also serves as spokesman of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) alliance got injured along with one of his aides and his gunman while on his way to Mangocher city of Balochistan in what authorities are calling a roadside blast.All three have been moved to Mir Ghaus Bakhsh Raisani Hospital in Quetta where they are under treatment. A picture acquired by ARY News shows Hafiz Hamdullah on a hospital bed with serious injuries.

The nature of injuries his aides or gunman suffered are yet unknown.

Eight other people also got injured in the blast as a coaster carrying travellers was also affected.

Deputy Commissioner Mastung Abdul Razzaq Sasoli said in a statement that the investigation is undergoing and there is strong possibility that the explosion be a suicide attack.

An eyewitness also told media that a motorcyclist rammed his bike into Hafiz Hamdullah’s car before the explosion.

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aretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Thursday strongly condemned blast in Mastung in which several people including Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader Hafiz Hamdullah were inured.

Expressing sorrow over injuring of the JUI leader and others, the prime minister said the attack on the JUI leader was a cowardly act which he strongly condemned.

“I along with the whole nation is united against terrorism in the country,” he remarked.

He also prayed for early recovery of those injured in the incident,