7 people have died in a blast in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Friday. The dead include 5 children and a policeman. Apart from this, 23 other people have also been injured. A remote-controlled IED bomb was installed on a motorcycle to carry out the blast. This blast took place near the Kanya Madhyamik Vidyalaya at Civil Hospital Chowk in Mastung district. Local Superintendent of Police Rahmat Ullah said that the target of this attack was the police van, which was going to pick up the polio vaccination team. Another police officer Abdul Fatah told AFP news agency that a policeman and a shopkeeper have also died in the blast. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has condemned this attack. Pictures related to the spot after the blast… Chief Minister said – will take revenge for the killing of civilians Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugati condemned this blast and termed it inhuman. The Chief Minister said, “We will take revenge for the killing of innocent children and civilians”. Apart from this, he appealed to the citizens to be alert towards terrorists. After the blast, an emergency has been imposed in all hospitals in Quetta. It said that all doctors, pharmacists, staff nurses and other medical staff have been called immediately. No organization has taken responsibility for the attack. However, Baloch and Taliban militants keep targeting security forces in this province. Polio team was attacked 3 days ago too On Tuesday also, a policeman was killed in an attack on a health office related to the polio vaccination campaign. These attacks are happening at a time when the third national polio campaign has been started in Pakistan from Monday. Under this campaign, 4.5 crore children below five years of age in 71 districts are to be given polio vaccine. This campaign has been started in view of the increasing polio cases in Balochistan and Sindh provinces. In 2023, there was a decrease in polio cases in Pakistan, which came down from 20 to 6 in 2022. Pakistan and Afghanistan are the two countries in the world where polio outbreak is still going on. ————————————- Also read this news related to terrorist attack in Pakistan… 3 terrorist attacks in Pakistan, 73 killed: 23 people shot after closing highway in Balochistan, railway line and police stations also attacked. At least 73 people were killed in separate incidents of terrorism in Pakistan’s Balochistan on Monday. The first incident took place in Musakhel of Balochistan. According to Dawn’s report, 40 attackers blocked the national highway on Monday morning. Read the full news here….
