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Country mourns over 130 dead in terror attacks

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KARACHI: The country is observing a day of national mourning to express solidarity with the victim families of the recent terror attacks in Peshawar, Bannu and Mastung.

Caretaker Prime Minister Justice (retd) Nasirul Mulk announced one day official mourning to mourn the deaths of over 130 people killed in the blasts targeting election-related activities.

The national flag is flying at half mast on all government buildings in Islamabad and the provincial capitals.

Balochistan Government has also announced to observe three-day mourning in the province in the wake of tragic Mastung incident.

A day earlier, 129 martyrs of Friday’s terrorist attack in Mastung including Balochistan Awami leader Nawabzada Siraj Raisani were laid to rest in their ancestral home towns and villages.

The funeral prayer of Siraj Raisani was offered in Moosa Stadium in Quetta Cantonment which was attended among others by Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Governor and Chief Minister Balochistan, provincial ministers and senior civil and military officials.

Later, his coffin was taken to his native town Kanak by helicopter where he was laid to rest in the Martyrs’ Graveyard.

At least 132 people were killed and 180 injured in two separate terrorists attacks during election-related activities in Balochistan and KP on Friday.

Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) candidate Nawabzada Siraj Raisani was among 180 people killed in a suicide attack on an election rally in the Mastung area. Around 150 people were injured in the tragic incident.

Separately, a bomb targeted the convoy of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) candidate Akram Khan Durrani in a Bannu this morning. He, however, escaped unhurt while four people were killed and 14 others injured in attack.

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