{"id":172549,"date":"2018-07-23T01:25:51","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T05:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=172549"},"modified":"2025-01-12T16:24:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T21:24:33","slug":"suicide-bomb-kills-election-candidate-driver-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/23\/suicide-bomb-kills-election-candidate-driver-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Suicide bomb kills election candidate, driver in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The candidate Ikramullah Gandapur from opposition leader Imran Khan’s party, was returning home from a campaign event when the bomber struck in the city of Dera Ismail Khan. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan \u2014 A suicide bombing on Sunday in northwestern Pakistan killed a candidate running for a seat in the provincial assembly and his driver, and wounded three other people, police said.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was the latest violence ahead of Wednesday’s elections, when Pakistanis are to elect the National Assembly, or lower house of parliament, and four provincial assemblies.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to police officer Zahoor Afridi, the candidate Ikramullah Gandapur from opposition leader Imran Khan’s party, was returning home from a campaign event when the bomber struck in the city of Dera Ismail Khan, wounding him. He died a short while later in a military hospital, Afridi said. Along with his driver who was also killed, three other people, including two policemen, were wounded.<\/span><\/p>\n

Later Sunday, the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing that killed Gandapur.<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this month, a provincial assembly candidate was killed in a massive suicide bombing in Mastung district in southwestern Baluchistan province, along with 148 people. Also, in the northwestern city of Peshawar, a suicide bombing this month killed another provincial assembly candidate and 20 others.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gandapur’s brother Israr was killed in a suicide attack in 2013.<\/p>\n

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After his younger brother’s death, Gandapur was elected as a member of the assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and appointed provincial minister for agriculture.<\/p>\n

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In the July 25 balloting, he was to run on the list of the Tahrike-e-Insaf party, led by Khan, who aspires to become the country’s next prime minister.<\/span><\/p>\n

Analysts say Khan, a famous former cricket player, enjoys the backing of military, which has ruled Pakistan directly and indirectly for most of its 71-year history.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also Sunday, the convoy of another election candidate, Akram Durrani, came under fire in the northwestern town of Bannu. No one was hurt.<\/span><\/p>\n

Durrani survived a suicide attack earlier this month that killed four people.<\/span><\/p>\n

Following Sunday’s attacks, Pakistan’s election oversight body postponed the balloting for the provincial assembly seat that Gandapur was contesting.<\/span><\/p>\n

It also postponed the balloting for the National Assembly seat from the garrison city of Rawalpindi, where a candidate from former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s party was disqualified after being convicted of substance abuse.<\/p>\n

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Voting for those two seats would take place at a later date.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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