Home / News / World News / Article /
Suicide attack kills Pakistan poll candidate, driver
Updated On: 23 July, 2018 09:19 AM IST | Peshawar | Agencies
Around the same time of the blast, former Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Akram Khan Durrani, survives a second assassination attempt
Listen to this article :
Rescue workers move the body of Ikramullah Gandapur. Pic/AFP
A former provincial minister and senior leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was killed yesterday when a suicide bomber blew himself up near his car in the troubled Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, police said.
Ikramullah Gandapur, a candidate for the provincial assembly seat from PK-99 constituency, was on his way to an election meeting when the bomber targeted his vehicle in Dera Ismail Khan district. His driver was also killed in the attack while three bodyguards were badly injured, said Dera Ismail Khan DPO Manzoor Afridi.
Read Next Story
Trending Stories
Latest Photos
Latest Videos
Latest Web Stories
ADVERTISEMENT
Mid-Day Fast
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT