A suicide bombing at Quetta Railway Station killed at least 24 people, including 14 soldiers, and injured dozens more, with the Balochistan Liberation Army claiming responsibility.
Rescuers loaded Ahmed and the bodies of his three colleagues into a vehicle and took them to the hospital. There, medical staff discovered that Ahmed had survived. A nurse reported that he had been hit by five bullets in his arm and back, but his condition was stable.
The family of 31-year-old gardener Asif Iqbal mourns his death, along with that of his friend, who were both killed in Balochistan on Sunday. At their family home in Lahore, grieving relatives hold a photo of Asif and question the reason behind his tragic death.
The attack comes days after two pedestrians were injured in a roadside explosion in the Noshki district, which according to the police occurred when a convoy of paramilitary forces Frontier Corps was passing by.
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif strongly condemned the attack on policemen in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and termed the act "cowardly". Taking to social media platform X, Sharif said, “C owardly acts of terrorists cannot shake our resolve.”
Pre-poll violence and targeting of election candidates and voters in different provinces are common features of Pakistan polls. The year is no different, as several independent candidates have been killed, provinces have been rocked by bomb blasts and Imran Khan's party is reeling under a crackdown.
The official said that since most of the policemen were on patrolling duty there were no casualties in the police station but its back wall was damaged.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast but suspicion falls on Baloch nationalists turned separatist groups who have been involved in low-level insurgency for over two decades in the gas and mineral-rich province.
Although neither Pakistan nor Chinese governments admitted that their citizens were killed in the attack, BLA spokesman claimed at least four Chinese nationals and eleven Pakistani military personnel were killed, with several others injured.
Police said miscreants had planted a remote explosive device to target a vehicle carrying Balgatar UC Chairman Ishtiaq Yaqoob and others who were returning from a wedding ceremony.
According to Pakistan English daily, the incident happened after a suicide bomber rammed a motorcycle into a police truck in southwestern Pakistan on Monday.
Balochistan cylinder blast: The blast occurred when the family tried to switch on a heater to fight the intensely cold weather in the provincial capital Quetta, the ARY news channel reported. The deceased included a father and his five children, according to a police official.
At least seven people killed and several injured after a blast in Pakistan's Quetta in Balochistan province on Monday.
Unidentified gunmen donning uniforms of paramilitary soldiers on Thursday massacred 14 passengers after forcing them to disembark from buses on a highway in the restive Balochistan province.
Three deadly back-to-back attacks on election rallies in the restive provinces of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that killed two prominent political leaders along with around 150 civilians have renewed concerns that violence could disrupt the elections scheduled for July 25.
At least 11 people were killed and over 20 injured after a bomb exploded near the office of the regional police chief in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province today.
Quetta, Aug 8: At least three Balochistan Constabulary (BC) officials were killed and 10 others injured after a blast hit the constabulary vehicle in Turbat, a city of Balochistan province on Tuesday. According to sources,
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