QUETTA – Awami National Party’s (ANP) senator and central vice presidentDaud Achakzai sustained injuries when armed men opened fire at hisresidence in Quetta.
As per details, the incident took place in Qila Abdullah’s Jangal Pir AliZai’s area where armed men riding in two cars fired gun shots at Achakzai’sresidence.
The senator was quickly shifted to hospital while the attackers fledimmediately after the incident.
Doctors say that Achakzai has received a bullet on his arm but is out ofdanger.
Earlier on Wednesday, at least 20 people including ANP leader Haroon Bilourwas martyred following a suicide attack in the corner meeting of the party.
A suicide bomber detonated his explosives soon after Haroon Bilour arrivedin the area to address a corner meeting of his party. He was ANP candidatefor the upcoming general elections from provincial assembly constituencyPK-78.
Besides the martyrs, 30 others were also wounded in the attack in Yaka Tootarea of Peshawar. Bilour has left behind a widow and two sons to mourn hisdeath.
Barrister Haroon Bilour was son on Bashir Ahmed Bilour, who was alsomartyred in suicide attack in Qissa Khawani Bazaar in December 2012, andnephew of another ANP stalwart Ghulam Ahmed Bilour.