20 Martyred as Maulana Ghafoor Haideri's convoy comes under attack in Mastung

[saaju]

why cant we stop these attacks? .. why cant we reply in same manner to our enemies? .. incompetence? or lack of guts?

 

[Śakra]

The deputy chairman of Pakistan’s upper house of parliament escaped an assassination attempt when an Islamic State suicide bomber targeted his convoy in the restive Balochistan province on Friday, killing 25 people and injuring dozens more.

Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, deputy chairman of the Senate and a senior leader of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl party, was among some 50 people injured in the attack in Mastung town, state-run Radio Pakistan reported.

Government officials confirmed 25 people were killed in the attack. JUI-F leader Maulana Abdul Malik said Haideri’s vehicle was targeted by the blast.

The Islamic State claimed the attack, saying through its Amaq news agency that a bomber wearing an explosive vest was responsible.

The bomber struck soon after Haideri’s convoy left a madrassa or seminary in Mastung, about 70 km from the provincial capital of Quetta.

“I am alive...broken pieces of the windscreen hit me…I am injured but safe,” Haideri told a TV news channel soon after the attack. “I was sitting in the front seat when the strong explosion occurred...I did not suffer any major injury. ...I can’t say why the blast (happened) or what led to it.”

The powerful blast damaged several vehicles in the convoy. Haideri, who was returning from an event at the madrassa, was taken to a nearby hospital. Media reports described his condition as stable.

Most of the dead and injured were workers of the JUI-F.

Paramilitary forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan condemned the attack.

The Mastung region has been a hotbed of militant activity in the past, though most previous attacks in the area were carried out by the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi on the Shia minority.

The Islamic State carried out two major attacks in Balochistan last year. An attack on lawyers in Quetta killed nearly 70 people, most of them young lawyers, while an attack on a shrine frequented by Shias in remote Kuzdar area killed more than 60 people.



http://www.hindustantimes.com/world...st-5-killed/story-Ud7JMyGOJUhoW3YQclPvPO.html

 

[Mutakalim]

Right ! but why going after a molvi instead of security forces?

A soft target

 

[pak-marine]

Rest In Peace

 

[Little Falcon]

R.I.P

 

[Samurai_assassin]

The previous attacks were carried out by Afghan based terrorists Jamat Ul Ahrar! DAESH have a firm control over Afghanistan.

 

[Divergent]

It is better terming them as Daesh instead of 'Islamic' because 'Islamically' it is wrong, illegal and haram to kill any innocent irrespective of their race, ethnic and creed. Let it be absolutely clear that Faith has no link with 'terrorism', associating the two is an error and contradiction.

This is condemned on all scales and terrorists work for a higher authority that don't look like rugged thugs but men in suits/clean attires. The moment the root cause of this problem is taken out that is when there will be no supply of it.

Baluchistan is a victim of countless in humane attacks and the Government/security forces need to take a tight grip. Investing in in that particular region is vital, security forces need to be on vigilant alert at all times. There's no question of easing off the pedal just yet when predicaments still exist.

R.i.p. To those who have lost lives

 

[HAIDER]

It is, its no longer terrorists or no terrorist - its whose Islam is the right one for Pakistanis. The number of people who cheer for Isis or Al-qaeda is dangerously high in Pakistan. The only solution is to take away the children from all elements that support interference in the lives of others.
Reeducation of these Children is what might save Pakistan in the next 30 years.

But anyone who looks outside of their own lives to comment on another- be it jibes of liberal or mullah- needs to be removed from society by blocking their ability to pass on their ideas

It is scary situation in Pakistan. Some people in Pakistan openly defending there acts.