QUETTA: Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) candidate Nawabzada Siraj Raisani wasamong 20 people martyred when an explosion hit an election gathering in theDarengarh area of Mastung on Friday.
Lashkari Raisani, the brother of Siraj, confirmed that he had lost his lifein the explosion. “I and Aslam Raisani are also receiving threats,”Lashkari said.
The explosion left around 25 people injured who were shifted to nearbyhospitals and they are ascertaining the situation, Deputy Commissioner (DC)Qaim Lashari told Geo News, adding that they were ascertaining thesituation.
Following the incident, an emergency was declared in the hospitals ofQuetta, with additional medical staff summoned.
Raisani, a candidate of the recently-formed Balochistan Awami Party fromPB-35 constituency, was the younger brother of former Balochistan chiefminister Nawab Aslam Raisani.