{"id":15270,"date":"2024-02-08T12:47:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T12:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/08\/at-least-30-dead-in-balochistan-explosions-day-before-pakistan-election\/"},"modified":"2024-02-08T12:47:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T12:47:36","slug":"at-least-30-dead-in-balochistan-explosions-day-before-pakistan-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/08\/at-least-30-dead-in-balochistan-explosions-day-before-pakistan-election\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 30 dead in Balochistan explosions, day before Pakistan election"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            At least 30 people were killed and another 40 injured in two different explosions in Balochistan province on Wednesday, a day before Pakistan\u2019s general elections.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            The blasts took place in the Killa Saifullah district outside an election office belonging to Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) and in the Pishin district near the office of an independent candidate.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            The explosion hit 170 kilometers away from Quetta, where JUI candidates Maulana Samiul Haq and Maulana Abdul Wasay are contesting elections.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">             According to police, a large number of workers were in the office at the time of the explosion.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Shortly before, a separate explosion near the office of Asfand Yar Kakar, an independent candidate in the Pishin district, killed 18 people and injured 23, according to Deputy Commissioner Pishin Jumma Dad Mandokhail.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Those injured in the Pishin blast have been taken to hospital, Medical Superintendent Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Dr. Habib Ur Rehman said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Initial reports suggested the explosives were planted on a motorcycle.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            The blasts come amid rising tensions in Pakistan ahead of Thursday\u2019s election. Violence has escalated across the country as candidates have been shot and killed while campaigning.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            On Tuesday, Liz Throssell, spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights\u00a0(OHCHR), said\u00a0there had been at least 24 reported instances of staged attacks by armed groups against members of political parties.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            The Islamic State Pakistan Province (ISPP) claimed responsibility for the blasts in Balochistan, releasing a statement on the ISIS-affiliated news agency Amaq that said it had killed and wounded \u201cabout 35 apostates.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            The Balochistan provincial government has announced three days of mourning.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            <em>This is a developing story and will be updated<\/em>    <\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 30 people were killed and another 40 injured in two different explosions in Balochistan province on Wednesday, a day before Pakistan\u2019s general elections. 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