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| MQM office bombed as pre-poll violence spikes |
| 2013-05-03 |
| [Pak Daily Times] At least eight people were maimed in a low-intensity kaboom at a sector office of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... (MQM), on Thursday night. According to the details, the blast took place near the MQM's sector office located near Fresco Chowk, Burns Road. As a result at least eight people were maimed, while walls of nearby houses and a mosque were damaged. Following the blast MQM's workers, law enforcement agencies, rescue teams and experts of the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) rushed to the spot. The victims were immediately shifted to the Civil Hospital by the volunteers and rescuers, where doctors termed condition of one of the victims as critical. Law enforcement agencies had also cordoned off the area to avoid any untoward incident. The BDS officials and investigation teams of police, Rangers and FIA started examining the blast side. DIG South Ameer Sheikh said that the bomb was placed at the ablution place of the mosque and weighed around one and a half kilogrammes. It contained nuts, bolts and ball bearings. The BDS experts confirmed that around two kilogrammes of explosive was used in the improvised bomb (IED). "The blast maimed at least five people," senior local police official Ameer Sheikh told AFP. He said the bomb was planted in the ablution room of a mosque close to the MQM office. Another local police official, Imran Shaukat, confirmed the incident. Three bombs, two of which targeted MQM and the Pakistain Peoples Party (PPP), killed three people and maimed 49 others in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... on Saturday. MQM chief Altaf Hussain strongly condemned the kaboom and said that party workers were being killed to force MQM to boycott polls, but the MQM would not withdraw itself from election race. He said that his party will not boycott election despite the killing of its workers. Meanwhile, ...back at the alley, Slats grabbed his rosco... three kabooms took place in Quetta and Khuzdar while rockets were fired in Kohlu and Panjgour districts, on Thursday. According to police, a blast occurred at Qambarani Road in Sariab locality of Quetta, however, no loss of life or damage to property was reported. Similarly, two blasts were reported in Khuzdar district, some 360 kilometers from Quetta. |
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