Local police officials reported on Wednesday that an unknown perpetrator opened fire on an election hopeful and two other individuals in North Waziristan, killing them with gunshots.
According to law enforcement, Kaleemullah Khan, the independent candidate, intended to run in the PK-104 poll for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.
According to the police, the event happened in the district’s Tappi village as Kaleemullah was preoccupied with his election campaign. The law enforcement officials said, “He was also injured in a bomb blast recently.”
Aslam Buledi, the PML-N candidate for NA-258 in a different event, was hurt in a shooting incident in Turbat City, according to officials.
A gunman opened fire on Buledi, a former Balochistan Assembly member,
was transferred to the Turbat Teaching Hospital after being the target of a gun attack in the vicinity of Issa Komi Park, the official continued.
After that, he would be sent to Karachi to receive more care.
As the nation gets ready for the general elections on February 8, many are hoping that the violence against candidates will put an end to the country’s problems, which include political unrest, terrorism, and economic hardships.
Terrorists opened fire on Mohsin Dawar’s convoy last week in the Tappi hamlet, targeting the head of the National Democratic Movement (NDM) and former member of the National Assembly.
Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), was also attacked on December 31 in Dera Ismail Khan, but he managed to escape unharmed.
Because of the “unstable” security situation in various sections of the province, political actors, including Fazl, have expressed worries and questions about the polls being held.
The number of terror events in Pakistan increased alarmingly in the previous year, to its highest level since 2014.
