Officials say a powerful bomb has exploded at an election office of an independent candidate in southwest Pakistan ahead of the parliamentary elections, killing at least 14 people and wounding more than a dozen others. Local authorities said the attack happened in Pashin, a district in Baluchistan province.
This is a locator map for Pakistan with its capital, Islamabad, and the Kashmir region. QUETTA, Pakistan — A bomb exploded at an election office of an independent candidate in southwest Pakistan on Wednesday, theThe attack happened in Pashin, a district in Baluchistan province, said Jan Achakzai, the spokesperson for the provincial government. He said the wounded are being transported to a nearby hospital, and police said some of them were listed in critical condition.
The bombing came despite the deployment of tens of thousands of police and paramilitary forces across Pakistan to ensure peace following a recent surge in militant attacks in the country, especially in Baluchistan.A timeline of key events leading up to Pakistan’s parliamentary electionThe gas-rich Baluchistan province at the border of Afghanistan and Iran has been the scene of a low-level insurgency by Baluch nationalists for more than two decades.