Assassination is just politics by other means in that part of the world, I guess.
[Dawn] Jamaat-e-Islami...
The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka
The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an
independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
(JI) emir Sirajul Haq
...current head of the Pak Jamaat-e-Islami. Siraj was born in 1962 and entered politics shortly after that...on Friday narrowly escaped a "suicide kaboom" that targeted his convoy in 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...
’s Zhob while six others were maimed, according to police.
City cop shoppe Station House Officer (SHO) Sher Ali Mandokhail told Dawn.com that all of the injured were being treated at Civil Hospital, Zhob and one of them was at death's door.
He said Haq’s vehicle was partly damaged in the incident while the JI emir remained unhurt.
The official added that a body found at the site of the blast was of the "suicide attacker".
In a tweet, the JI also said that Haq — who was visiting the area to address a political gathering — was safe and that the attacker had been killed.
"JI emir Siraj reached Quetta today and had to go further to Zhob where he has a political gathering today. When he was entering Zhob and people were welcoming him, a person came and went
kaboom!," party spokesperson Qaisar Sharif said in a video message.
"Everybody was safe in the suicide attack and there was no loss of lives. According to initial information, only some cars have been damaged and a few people have sustained injuries."
"The JI leadership is safe," he added.
According to SHO Mandokhail, Haq insisted on going to the venue of his political gathering after the blast. "He was given a clearance after additional police and law enforcement personal were deployed."
The official said Zhob Assistant Commissioner Hafiz Tariq had been assigned the JI’s security.