 Unidentified attackers fired rockets at the family home of Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Muhammad Yousaf in Kalat, injuring two of his servants.
| I've been thinking of having my head upholstered like that. Pretty snappy, don'tcha think? |
Kalat Police said that three rockets hit the building where Jam Yousafâs family was present. Raziq Bugti, a spokesman for the Balochistan government, confirmed the incident, but nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack.
"Hrarrr! We dunnit an' we're glad!"
"Who're youse?"
"Ummm... Ain't sayin'!" |
The chief minister could not be contacted for comment. Jam Yousaf and his family were in Quetta when the pre-dawn attack happened in Kalat, about 200 kilometres south of Quetta, said Maj Akbar Lashari, a paramilitary official. Lashari said Jam Yousaf ârarelyâ visited his Kalat home because he lived mostly in his official residence in Quetta and the attack might have been aimed at intimidating the chief minister.
| He and his family were in Quetta when the attack occurred, but his family was in the building when the attack occurred? I'm guessing the wife or wives and kiddies stay in Kalat, while Jam and his male relatives enjoy the fleshpots of Quetta. With a fine head of cloth like that, he prob'ly walks by and the ladies' burkas just roll up like window shades... |
Prince Esa, the brother-in-law of the chief minister, told Daily Times that it was a miracle that the family was safe in the attack. He said that the assailants had disconnected the phone lines before the attack. Arshad, a servant at the chief ministerâs house, said four rockets were fired, but two hit the building. Local journalists said about six attackers riding cycles of violence motorbikes and pickups came to the area and fired rockets. They also fired at the building, but the police did not confirm it. Guards in the building retaliated the attack, but the attackers escaped. |