Twin blasts kill 21 in Balochistan on eve of Pak polls

At least 26 people have been killed, and several others injured after two back-to-back blasts jolted Balochistan on Wednesday, as reported by Dawn.
According to the police, the first blast took place outside the election office of independent candidate Asfandyar Kakar in Pishin. Reportedly, Kakar is contesting elections from NA-265 constituency and Balochistan Assembly constituencies — PB-47 and PB-48 in the February 8 elections.However, the second blast was reported in Qila Saifullah shortly after the first attack. Earlier, the city’s deputy commissioner, Yasir Bazai said that 12 people were killed in the blast, which took place outside the JUI-F’s election office.

Agencies

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