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Balochistan minister escapes bomb attack
[Dawn] Provincial Minister Sardar Sanaullah Zehri beat feet a kaboom near Surab in Kalat district on Friday. "Sardar Zehri is safe and his vehicle was not damaged," a front man said.A front man for the banned Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) grabbed credit for the attack. Balochistan  ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... Chief Minister Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani condemned the blast and termed it an "attack on tribal system". He said the government would not bow before cut-throats and those involved in the attack would be locked away. According to sources, Sardar Zehri, who is provincial convener of Pakistain Mohammedan League-N and chief of Jhalawan, was going to Anjira after addressing public meetings in Surab and Gidar when the kaboom took place. "The bomb exploded by remote control when the convoy was about 10km from Surab," the sources said. The minister's security guards opened fire after the kaboom. "We will deal with the attack according to tribal customs," Sardar Sanaullah said. Posted by: Fred 2011-10-16 |
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