At least 35 people, including a Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) local leader, were killed in a suicide blast that took place on Sunday at the workers’ convention in Bajaur\u2019s Khar.<\/p>\n
Caretaker Information Minister Feroze Jamal Shah Kakakhel told a private news channel that more than 200 people have been injured during the blast that took place during the speech of a JUI-F leader.<\/p>\n
The district emergency officer shared that the injured are also being shifted to Timergara and Peshawar.<\/p>\n
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Inspector General of Police (IGP) Akhtar Hayat Khan confirmed that the initial investigation revealed that it was a suicide attack.<\/p>\n
He added that the investigation teams are collecting evidence from the site of the blast.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Prime Minister’s Office said that PM Shehbaz has issued directives to investigate the incident and identify those who are responsible.<\/p>\n
IG Frontier Corps (FC) Major General Noor Wali Khan has reached Bajaur to supervise the situation. Meanwhile, CMH Peshawar has been put on an alert and a rescue operation by the security forces and other law enforcement agencies is underway.<\/p>\n
Blast took place around 4pm: JUI-F KP spokesperson<\/strong><\/p>\n JUI-F Khyber Pakhtunkhwa spokesperson Abdul Jalil Khan, told Geo News, that the explosion took place at around 4pm as Maulana Laeeq was addressing the convention.<\/p>\n The provincial spokesperson said that JUI-F MNA Maulana Jamaluddin and Senator Abdul Rasheed were also present during the convention. He confirmed that one of the dead includes JUI-F\u2019s Tehsil Khar Amir Maulana Ziaullah.<\/p>\n JUI-F chief Fazl demands inquiry into incident<\/strong><\/p>\n JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman demanded Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and KP Caretaker Chief Minister Azam Khan to carry out an inquiry into the incident.<\/p>\n Condemning the blast, Fazl prayed for the health of the injured and the higher ranks of the deceased.<\/p>\n He also urged the party workers to reach to the hospital and donate blood.<\/p>\n “JUI workers should remain peaceful and federal and provincial governments should provide the best treatment to the injured,” said Fazl.<\/p>\n Condemnations pour in<\/strong><\/p>\n Punjab Caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi condemned the incident, saying that the nation is united against terrorism and will end its menace through the strength of unity.<\/p>\n “Those who play with the lives of innocent people do not deserve to be called human beings,” he added.<\/p>\n Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Sirajul Haq also condemned the blast and said that it was aimed at spreading chaos in the country.<\/p>\n He added that the terrorist elements and their facilitators will not be able to succeed in their nefarious ambitions.<\/p>\n Haque also requested the government to conduct an immediate investigation into the blast.<\/p>\n Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that the federal and provincial governments should bring the facilitators of the terrorists to justice.<\/p>\n Expressing his sympathies and condolences to the families of the dead, Bilawal said that the planners of terrorism need to be eliminated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At least 35 people, including a Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) local leader, were killed in a suicide blast that took place on Sunday at the workers’ convention in Bajaur\u2019s Khar. Caretaker Information Minister Feroze Jamal Shah Kakakhel told a private news channel that more than 200 people have been injured during the blast that took place […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":18194,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[4600,9863],"class_list":["post-18193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-jamiat-ulema-e-islam-fazl","tag-juif"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}